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Guam and Saipan16 In remote U.S. territories, IBEW

organizing efforts help workers findjustice at last

On the cover: The planting of the IBEWflag on islands closer to Asia than NorthAmerica brings a new day for Guam andSaipan workers

Staying After Labor Ready10 Campaign Curbs Abuse of

Contingent Workers

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Edwin D. Hill, EDITOR

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ORGANIZING PACIFIC ISLES16Spreading the Word

You are to be commended for spreading the word and encouraging theuse of Automatic External Defibrillators, as you did in the April 2002 issue. Iam pleased to be able to report that the knowledge and use of these lifesav-ing units are now much more widespread among the IBEW members.

While there is still a long way to go, local unions in Boston, Philadelphia,Pittsburgh, Washington, D. C., Portland, Oregon, Rockford, Illinois and otherlocations in California and Nevada all have AED units in their offices. Oth-ers, while not having an actual operating unit, have training models andinclude AED training as a regular part of their first aid training. Just recently,under the auspices of the NJATC, seven more IBEW members received thistraining. They include four locals from Tennessee, and one local each fromFlorida, Iowa and western Michigan.

Ours is very much a “work in progress,” but with continuing help frompublications such as yours, the job is made easier. Each passing day sees uscloser to our goal of facilitating the increase of survival rates from suddencardiac arrest by increasing public access defibrillation. Your assistance ismost welcome and appreciated.

James J. Coyne, Jr., President

COYNE FIRST AID

What If?

I want to thank you for the May 2002 article on Amtrak. Several monthsago I wrote my U.S. Senators questioning the logic of dismantling Amtrak inlight of September 11. Amtrak was one of two means of mass transportationavailable for crossing America for several days following that tragic day.What if it happens again? What if there is another World War? The airlinescannot provide the amount of service that the railroads provided duringWorld War II. The national bus fleet no longer exists as it did in 1941. Oncethe rolling stock is gone, it’s gone. Once the railroad right of ways are gone,they are gone. At that point, what is America going to do?

The charts in the article point out just how under-funded the railroadsare. One day we are going to need the railroads again and they will not bethere. I urge everyone to voice his or her view. In addition, it might helpsave a brother his job.

Dwayne T. Gartner

Local 94 member, Cranbury, New Jersey

Thank you for bringing to light in the May issue the potentially dimfuture of Amtrak rail service. I would like to expand on this article to takethe center of attention away from our brothers and sisters who would losetheir jobs to the more important fact that many of the areas that Amtrakserves are very rural areas. Ask anybody who has ridden the Empire Builderline from Chicago to Seattle. This line covers sparsely populated areas thathave no other affordable options for transit. If the federal government canbuild freeways and commuter lines in the cities, I believe they can also sub-sidize rural America as well. I believe the IBEW Journal could gather more

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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

EDWIN D. HILLInternational President

1125-15th St., N.W.Washington, D.C. 20005

JEREMIAH J. O’CONNORInternational Secretary-Treasurer

1125-15th St., N.W.Washington, D.C. 20005

INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

Chairman

MILTON L. FOSTERc/o IBEW Local 1912701 Hoyt Avenue

Everett, Washington 98201

First District

JOSEPH A. McCAFFERTYc/o IBEW Local 380, 3900 Ridge Pike

Collegeville, Pennsylvania 19426

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RUI M. CARRINHOc/o IBEW Local 1274

1329 Jefferson BoulevardWarwick, Rhode Island 02886

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SALVATORE J. CHILIAc/o IBEW Local 381590 E. 23rd Street

Cleveland, Ohio 44114

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LONNIE PLOTTc/o IBEW Local 613

501 Pulliam Street, SW, Suite 250Atlanta, Georgia 30312

Fifth District

LYLE KEITH QUERRYc/o IBEW Local 53

1100 E. Admiral Blvd.Kansas City, Missouri 64106

Sixth District

WILLIAM H. TURNERc/o IBEW Local 570

750 S. Tuscon BoulevardTuscon, Arizona 85716

Seventh District

PATRICK LAVINc/o IBEW Local 47

600 N. Diamond Bar Blvd.Diamond Bar, California 91765

Eighth District

JOHN E. COLE194 Rt. 104

Keswick, NB, Canada E6L 2A4

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RAISING THE BAR4

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t first it was ridiculous. Now it’s outra-geous.

First came Enron, a rogue company that financedthe political drive for deregulation across the UnitedStates, then took full advantage of the laws theyhelped write to rip off consumers for millions injacked-up energy prices.

Then came WorldCom, Adel-phia, Dynegy, Tyco, and even

Martha (sell and make millions rightbefore a stock tanks; it’s a good thing)Stewart. The corporate CEOs were prac-tically coming into congressional hear-ings with their coats over their heads justlike the Mafia guys from the 1950s.Except the Mafia guys at least lookedlike they might be ashamed of whatthey’d done.

Now the big picture becomes clearer.Bush and Cheney entered office tousher in a new era of government bythe corporation of the corporation andfor the corporation. It turns out thatArthur Andersen didn’t single-handedlysubvert the accounting profession. Therewere plenty of shenanigans going on foryears to help a few executives maximizetheir greed at the expense of workers,shareholders, and just about anybodyelse you can think of. Two such guyswho made a pile as a result of cookedbooks were—Bush and Cheney.

And now they’re preaching thevirtues of corporate accountability andthe need for reform? Please.

If Bill Clinton had the relationshipwith “Kenny Boy” Lay of Enron thatGeorge W. has, the calls for impeach-ment would be filling the air. Whitewa-ter—a $70 million, taxpayer-financedfishing trip that yielded virtually nothing—pales in comparisonto the insider trading and creative accounting that filled thepersonal bank accounts of George W. and Dick Cheney attheir old oil companies. If Clinton had done what they did,conservatives would be foaming at the mouth. We don’t hearmuch from those hypocrites these days, do we?

This administration and its ethically-challenged fat cat bud-dies are doing more than lining their pockets. They’re ripping

apart the fabric of our country worse than any outside enemycould do.

The worst part is that this is our money they’re taking.Their crimes are threatening to bring down the whole econ-omy. Some estimates say that $578 billion—yes, that’s billion—in retirement savings have disappeared because of the stockmarket plunge brought about by the current corporate crimespree. Average folks all across North America, including some

of our members, have seen their retirementnest eggs dwindle to almost nothing. Labor-management investment funds are scram-bling to protect our future security. Plans forcollege for the kids, plans for a new home,plans for a secure future … all of these havebeen put in real jeopardy for countless work-ing families in the United States and Canadabecause of the rapaciousness of corporatecutthroats. And now they want to “privatize”Social Security too. Are they so greedy theyliterally want everything that working peoplehave?

It’s time to pull the plug on W. and hiscronies. And we have two ways to do it. Firstis the labor movement. We will fight forshareholder resolutions to stop abuses. Wewill fight for legislation to reform businesspractices. We will organize workplaces andnegotiate contracts, because every collectivebargaining agreement is part of a firewall tokeep corporate hands off your retirement.

And we’ll vote. Oh boy, will we vote. We’llhave to cool our jets before we can take onBush and Cheney in 2004, but we have thislittle affair called a mid-term election this year.Thirty-four U.S. Senators, all 435 members ofthe House of Representatives, and 36 gover-nors are on the ballot. Thousands of state andlocal offices are up for grabs. It’s way pasttime to put some populist common senseback in government at all levels.

Just use one litmus test. If W. comes toyour town and puts his arm around candidate X and says heneeds that person to help him finish the job, run the otherway. They can try to push any button they want, but they can’thide the fact that they’re after your wallet and your job. 1

AWhere’s the Outrage? Right Here

“ TWO SUCH GUYS

WHO MADE A PILE AS A

RESULT OF COOKED

BOOKS WERE—BUSH

AND CHENEY.”

JEREMIAH J. O’CONNORINTERNATIONAL SECRETARY-TREASURER

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e’re in the middle of what might becalled the patriotic season.

In early July we celebrated Canada Day andIndependence Day, and on we move to Labor Day.This year, of course, September will also mark—with mourning and resolve—the one-year anniver-sary of the September 11 attacks.

In the closing months of2001, I was heartened by the

surge of unity and patriotism across thiscontinent. All elements of society seemedto be putting aside normal squabbles forthe greater good. Thousands of members ofthe IBEW and other unions literally joinedthe fight through their military reserve duty.Hundreds of thousands of other unionmembers are working at home in relatedefforts to keep our nations strong.

But the unity has cracked. WorkingNorth America has upheld its end of thebargain. Corporate North America and theirpolitical puppets have betrayed us.

What kind of country will our militaryreservists come home to? Following Sep-tember 11, members of both parties actedwith haste to use our money to bail outthe airline industry that suffered suchtremendous losses in the shutdown ofcommercial aviation caused by the attacks.You and I helped make sure that airlineexecutives continued to make millions. Butwhen it came to providing relief for indus-try workers, Congress could not free up asingle penny. In the following months, cor-porate welfare flowed like water, but relieffor the unemployed was a mere trickle.

Then came the renewed drive for fasttrack trade negotiating authority for thePresident of the United States. Taken awayin 1994, this provision gives the administra-tion the power to negotiate trade deals with other nations andthen send them to Congress on the “fast track” for an up ordown vote with no amendments. Taking this authority awayfrom Presidents was one of the few weapons workers hadavailable to help fight for their interests as corporate powerscarved up the global economic pie.

But fast track is just a short step away from being back,having passed both houses of Congress after some tortuously

close votes. And this comes as the loss of jobs due to NAFTAand other trade policies is at an all time high. The destructionof our industrial base—even those parts that keep our nationaldefense strong—has ripple effects that are felt by every workerin every occupation.

And now comes the seemingly endless trail of corporatescandals and with them the near collapse of the financial mar-kets. The contempt that corporate executives have shown for

the middle class, for lawmakers, and forany bounds of decency and fair play isnothing less than obscene. When orga-nized labor tried to sound the alarms,right-wing forces in politics and the mediaaccused us of waging old-fashioned classwarfare.

Brothers and sisters, there is class war-fare, all right—the wealthiest and mostpowerful in this country have declared allout war on the middle class and the poor.They have systematically attacked andattempted to dismantle every safeguard,every advance and every bit of securitythat North American workers have foughtfor, earned and built over seven decades.

We are not powerless. Another sea-son is almost upon us in the UnitedStates—election season. It is time for alittle accountability on the part of thosewho claim to represent us. Our job is tosort through the cheap rhetoric and theattempts to drive wedges between workersthrough issues like guns or school vouchersor whatever. The issue is jobs. The issue issocial trust. We need to have faith in God,faith in our nations, and faith in each otheras fellow trade union members. And ourimmediate task this fall is to call the roll,take names, and keep score. Are we a soci-ety that lives by its own rules and allowstrue freedom and opportunity? Or are wedescending into the jungle where only the

strongest survive and the rest fight over crumbs? Those inpower who hold public office can’t duck these questions.

Our situation is that stark, brothers and sisters. Not in mylifetime have the choices been so sobering. Let’s get to work.1

WWhat Do You Thinkof This?

“CORPORATE

NORTH AMERICA

AND THEIR POLITICAL

PUPPETS HAVE

BETRAYED US.”

EDWIN D. HILLINTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT


Members of Local 70, Washington,D.C., and Local 24, Baltimore, Maryland,performed all of the electrical work onthe project to install Coast Guard-pro-vided navigational equipment on theTolchester Channel front and rear“ranges,” which utilize lights to providedirection to barges and vessels. Frequentbad weather and a treacherous coursemake Tolchester Channel a navigationalchallenge for ship pilots. The new signalranges will make the course easier tomaneuver.

The channel is located on the Easternshore of the Chesapeake Bay in Mary-land and Virginia. The project was begunon Labor Day 2001 and completed byThanksgiving.

“It is quite a challengeto make conduit changesin direction and conduitterminations while fight-ing the currents and theelements on the Chesa-peake Bay in November,”said Local 70 BusinessManager James W. Spruill.

Two battery bankssupply electrical powerfor each of the ranges,and the batteries arecharged by a solar pho-tovoltaic system compris-ing fifteen 35-watt solararray panels, said Local70 member Cal Parker,

who worked on the project. “The 200-pound battery cells were extremely frag-ile and expensive, requiring two workersto carefully lift them into place.”

Parker said the IBEW team did asmuch of the work as possible on theranges while they were dry-docked.“After all of the optic and solar mountingstands were mounted on the ranges inTolchester Channel, it was then neces-sary for us to complete our conduit,cabling and termination on site in thechannel,” Parker said.

“Once completed, the IBEW crewplaced the equipment in operation and

tested it in the presenceof the U.S. Coast Guard,”said Local 24 BusinessManager James B. Kauff-man. “The two-hour testwas successful as wasthe 24-hour functiontest.”

Continuous DC powerfeeds two Coast Guardnight-time obstructionlights and the rangeswitch box, said L.U. 70Press Secretary JerryDeinlein. “The switch boxcontains a photo-electri-cally controlled relayswitch that enables day-time navigational lightsand a night-time rangelight. The range lightswere equipped withdirectional lamp-heads,and the obstruction lightswere omni-directional.All conductors betweenthe equipment were runin PVC coated rigid steelconduit, and each circuit

required a separate conduitsystem.” 1

By Land or By Sea—IBEW Members Light the WayIBEW members demonstrated their versatile skills on a recentU.S. Coast Guard installation project on the Chesapeake Bay.

A new law tightening standards for insidewireman electricians was signed by Califor-nia Governor Gray Davis in May after bothhouses of the state legislature approved itwith bipartisan support.

The IBEW and the National ElectricalContractors Association lobbied in favor ofthe bill requiring electrician certification,which will go into effect January 1, 2005.California joins 30 other states with mini-mum qualifications for electricians.

Today in California, professions such asmanicurists, acupuncturists, locksmiths andeven boxers need to be certified, but electri-cians who enter schools and other publicplaces do not need to meet minimum quali-fications. Unsafe electrical construction byan uncertified electrician resulted in thegruesome electrocution of a member of the

public in San Diego three years ago. Lowquality work by anyone in the industrytaints everyone, bill supporters said.

“Now, a nonunion contractor can pullanyone off the street and call them an elec-trician,” said Ninth District International Rep-resentative Gregory Teeple. “This bill willraise industry standards and make a saferproduct for the consumer.”

Apprentices would be required to enterstate Department of Industrial Relations-approved programs offered by communitycolleges and technical schools. Electricalapprentices would also need to complete8,000 hours of on-the-job training, roughlythe amount National Joint ApprenticeshipTraining Committee requires in its five-yearapprentice program.

The law does not include a so-called“grandfather clause” that would exempt cur-rent electricians from its provisions, Teeplesaid, a fact that will probably attract somegrumbling. But a similar law passed in Ore-gon shows that this requirement has a posi-tive impact.

“Over time, it put everybody back intoschool two or three times a year to keeptheir licenses current,” Teeple said. “Any-body that wants to do work in the electricalconstruction industry will have to take thetest.” 1

California Law Would Raise the Bar for Electricians

MARCH OF DIMES D.C. WALK EVENT RAISES MONEY, SPIRITS

More than 50 IBEW International Office staffers and officers and their families and friends

participated in the Washington, D.C., March of Dimes Walkathon May 5.

The weather was perfect for the 6.5-mile walk along the National Mall past such land-

marks as the Washington Monument and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The IBEW team

led by International President Ed Hill collected $25,100.

IBEW Team Captain Elbert Monroe said

the team faced stiff competition from a

local bank, which could unseat the IBEW

as the event’s top fundraiser for the charity

raising money to prevent birth defects and

infant mortality.

“We had spirit galore,” Monroe said. “If

we don’t make Number 1 this year, that’s

OK because it’s for the tiniest of babies.” 1


IBEWCURRENTSIBEW member Dan Gard-

ner won a decisive 59 per-cent of the vote in a four-wayprimary race for state Com-missioner of the Bureau ofLabor and Industries.

Gardner, a member ofLocal 48 in Portland, wasdeclared winner in the non-partisan race on May 21. Bycapturing more than 50 per-cent of the vote, he avoids acontest in the general elec-tion. (See “IBEW MemberMakes Statewide Run inOregon,” IBEW Journal,April 2002, page 17.)

Gardner’s leading oppo-nent garnered only 23 per-cent of the vote. Fortypercent of the eligible votersturned out.

An inside wireman, Gard-ner will take charge in Janu-ary of an agency chargedwith protecting workers andchildren in the workplace,governing registered appren-ticeship p rograms and banning employment dis-crimination.

“It’s sweet,” Gardnersaid of his victory. He saidhe plans to spend the rest ofthe year campaigning forcandidates in the fall con-gressional and gubernatorialraces and building his teamfor transition to office.

Gardner said he won all36 counties in Oregon, the

only statewith 100p e r c e n tmail-in bal-loting. 1

IBEW MEMBER WINS

STATE OFFICE IN OREGON

IBEW members Dave Vaso,left, (Local 24) and Cal Parker(Local 70) at work on the U.S.Coast Guard TolchesterChannel Project. Behind themare the solar panels set onlight stands on theChesapeake Bay. The contrac-tor on the project wasEnterprise Electric.

At work on the U.S.Coast Guardinstallationproject,IBEW mem-bers climbup to thesolar panels.

Dan Gardner

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IBEW apprentices hit the booksand computers as part of theirrigorous training.

IBEW apprentices hit the booksand computers as part of theirrigorous training.



Illinois Lawmakers to Court: Allow Court Reporters to Bargain


industry made it a tough year for ourmembers, who were not in any wayresponsible for the crisis and in factworked extremely hard to keep thepower on and safe and reliable,” Wolfesaid. “A less well-trained, dedicated workforce could easily have walked awayfrom this problem. Our folks have stuck itout and the union has worked hard toprotect job security during this period.”

It is in this atmosphere that Local1245 will begin bargaining with PG&E

for a new labor agreement. Preliminarymeetings between the local and PG&Eare already taking place, with pensionsand retiree health benefits figuring asprimary bargaining issues.

Wolfe said plenty of common groundbetween the two sides exists as a foun-dation for negotiations. “PG&E under-stands Local 1245 has been anenormously valuable ally throughoutthe energy crisis. The union recognizesthat we need the company to succeed if

our members are going to do well.” Local 1245 members are hoping to

have a new contract ratified by the endof the year.

Despite their wild ride with deregu-lation, Local 1245 members will keepdoing their jobs.

“The underlying reality hasn’tchanged,” Wolfe said. “The state andnational economy need a reliable elec-tric infrastructure and our members arethe people who can deliver it.” 1

The bad news is that ittook price controls to achievethat recovery and, if they’reremoved, California still facesderegulation—the failed planthat wreaked havoc with thestate’s economy and way oflife. The Federal Energy Regu-latory Commission mustdecide by September whetherto lift those wholesale pricecaps. If that happens, Califor-nia could be plunged into themorass again, even as it strug-gles to pay off the billions itspent last year to keep thelights on.

“Legally, the structures arestill in place for this to hap-pen again,” said Eric Wolfe,communicat ions director,Local 1245, Walnut Creek,whose members work for oneof California’s largest utilities,Pacific Gas and Electric, nowunder bankruptcy protection. “We’vetaken some corrective measures but themarket is still sitting there like a slum-bering beast that we hope we’ve tamed.No one knows for sure if the fight hasgone out of the beast.”

The legacy of California’s clash withan open market lingers as consumerspay approximately 40 percent higher res-idential power rates and Local 1245members continue on an unchartedpath—negotiating with a bankruptemployer whose decisions must becleared with a bankruptcy judge.

A Year in ReviewCalifornia’s energy crisis began in

mid-2000, when wholesale rates climbeddramatically, in part because of marketmanipulation by Enron and possiblyother energy companies. Because retailrates were capped, the state’s privateutilities were plunged into cripplingdebt, and by February 2001 the state wasforced to begin buying power on behalfof the utilities. California Gov. GrayDavis then began negotiating long-termpower contracts, consumers dramaticallyreduced their use of electricity, state offi-

cials began investigating powerproviders, and federal regulators finallyimposed wholesale price caps. All of thishelped tame the market by last summer,but not before consumer rates werehiked and PG&E filed bankruptcy.

IBEW locals and their allies in theCoalition of Utility Employees (CUE),meanwhile, successfully petitioned theCalifornia Public Utilities Commission toprohibit utility layoffs that would affect

service. In the fall of 2001,Local 1245 successfully cam-paigned against two ballotmeasures to municipalize elec-tric power in San Francisco,measures that threatened todisplace thousands of mem-bers.

The Road AheadPG&E Corp. has put for-

ward an ambitious plan toreorganize itself, exit bank-ruptcy, and resume buyingpower for its customers by theend of the year. That reorgani-zation plan would create threenew, federally regulated com-panies for generation, electrictransmission and gas transmis-sion, while keeping gas andelectric distribution as a state-regulated utility. Local 1245has endorsed the PG&E planover a rival plan put forward

by the California Public Utilities Commis-sion, which the union fears could harmemployees’ retirement savings bydepressing the value of PG&E stock.

Business Manager Perry Zimmermanhas pointed out that many employeesand retirees are depending on thatstock for their retirement security.

For the workers who were on thefront line during the darkest momentsof California’s deregulation crisis, scarsremain.

“Public hostility toward utility workersor anybody associated with the utility

California Recovering From Catastrophic Brush With Open Energy Market

The Illinois General Assembly over-whelmingly passed resolutions urgingthe state high court to allow its owncourt reporters one of the basic rightsguaranteed to all other state workers—the right to organize.

By a vote of 113-2, the non-bindingstate House of Representatives resolu-tion encouraged the state SupremeCourt justices to recognize IBEWChicago Local 1220 as the courtreporters’ designated bargaining repre-sentative. A similar measure passed byvoice vote in the Illinois Senate in lateMay.

In testimony before a Senate com-mittee before that vote, Local 1220Business Manager Donald Brandonappealed to the legislators’ sense offairness on behalf of 500 courtreporters, who are seeking voluntaryrecognition by the court.

“The overwhelming majority bywhich the court reporters selected theIBEW can only help convince theSupreme Court of the sincerity andstrength of their desire for representa-tion,” Brandon said. “Today I ask youto listen to your hearts and standstrong for the integrity of Illinois.”

The resolutions acknowledged thedifficult working conditions the courtreporters have endured due to a pro-longed hiring freeze. They also recog-nized that public policy of the stateexplicitly grants state workers collectivebargaining rights under the IllinoisPublic Labor Relations Act.

“State employees have these rights,”said Local 1220 Business Agent MikeDonovan. “It’s up to the SupremeCourt to follow the law.”

The local will continue mounting apublic awareness campaign within thelegal and union community, Donovansaid.

In July 2001, Local 1220 formallyrequested voluntary recognition or asecret ballot election. The court rejectedthe request, responding with an offer to

have a neutral third party verify thelocal’s claim of majority status.

Five months later, the state Depart-ment of Labor certified the IBEW had372 signatures, the vast majority of thebargaining unit, Donovan said. But thecourt rejected that too. He said thecourt justices are worried about thepossibility of the state Public Employ-ees Relations Board asserting jurisdic-tion over the court.

The court has a history of success-fully fighting efforts by the courtreporters to unionize. The AmericanFederation of State, County and Munic-ipal Employees made an attempt in themid-1980s. In 1992, the court reporterstried again with an unsuccessfulattempt by the International Brother-hood of Teamsters. 1

IBEW Local 1220 members testifiedApril 24 before the state House ofRepresentatives labor committee inSpringfield, Illinois. That appearancecoincided with a Solidarity Day rallysponsored by the Illinois AFL-CIO andattended by thousands.

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The good news is that California seems to be recoveringsteadily from last year’s disastrous brush with an open electricitymarket. Sky-high prices have become manageable, and newpower plants have been constructed, relieving the state of itsreliance on out-of-state energy marketers. And as if there wereany doubt, Enron was definitively exposed in May as a manipu-lator of the state’s energy crisis, using a grab bag full of tricks toexploit the market and push prices to astronomical levels.

IBEWCURRENTScontinued from page 5

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T R A N S I T I O N S T he IBEW ispleased to an-

nounce the ap-pointment of FredA. “Rocky” Clark asSpecial Pro jec t sDirector, effectiveJuly 1, 2002. Hebr ings h i s ex -tensive organizingexperience to theposition that wasvacated by GaryHeald, who retiredin January.

Brother Clark will be relocating to the Washington,D.C. area from the Eighth Dis-trict, where he has coordi-nated industrial organizing asan International Representa-tive since 1997. He was initi-ated in 1974 into Local 44 inButte, Montana, where heserved on the executive boardand as recording secretaryuntil his election as business

manager/financialsecretary.

Committed toexpand i ng t h eranks of the IBEWthrough organizingand training newmembers, BrotherClark has servedon the MontanaCouncil on Voca-tional Education,the Montana JobTraining Coordi-

nating Council and as presi-dent of the Montana StateConference of Electr icalWorkers. He has attendedcourses at the Montana Col-lege of Mineral Science andTechnology and the Centerfor Degree Studies in Scran-ton, Pennsylvania.

The members, staff andofficers of the IBEW wishBrother Clark much luck inhis new position. 1

A P P O I N T E D

Fred A.Clark

With great sad-n e s s , t h e

IBEW announcesthe death May 7,2002 , o f retiredInternational Rep-resentative WilliamP. McBride.

Brother McBrideretired in 1980 aftermore than 30 yearsof service to theIBEW, with his lastassignment in theInternational Office. In 1947,he was initiated into now-defunct Local 181 in Utica,New York, where he servedas business manager andpresident and as a member ofthe examining and executiveboards.

In 1965, Brother McBridewas appointed InternationalRepresentative assigned to the

Third District. Hemoved to theI n t e r n a t i o n a lOffice four yearslater, following hisappointment asExecutive Assis-tant, by formerInternational Presi-dent Charles Pil-lard, where heserved until hisretirement in 1980.

A veteran ofWorld War II, he served as anofficer in the U.S. Air Forceand attended Notre DameUniversity and Coyne Electri-cal School. The InternationalOfficers, staff and membersof the IBEW extend theirmost heartfelt condolences toBrother McBride’s wife, Ellen,their two sons and grand-children. 1

D E C E A S E D

William P.McBride

Television’s Coveted Prize Awarded to IBEW Members

And the winners are… membersof IBEW Local 45, Hollywood, Califor-nia, for their outstanding work in technicaldirection, live and direct-to-tape sound mixingand multiple camera editing.

A total of 23 IBEW members of Local 45received Emmys during the May 11 creative artspresentation ceremony. The creative artsEmmys are presented in Los Angeles a weekbefore the televised Emmy Awards air.

“We have a pretty good technical crew atTelevision City,” said Local 45 shop stewardDonna Stock in an understatement. SisterStock works as a technical director on theshows Politically Incorrect, The Bold andthe Beautiful and Dennis Miller Live.

Local 45 has 100 full time and approx-imately 25 per diem workers at the stu-dios at Television City in Los Angeles.They are an integral part of the productioncrews that help produce the country’s top soapopera, The Young and the Restless, and The Bold and the Beautiful, themost popular soap opera worldwide. Also taped at the studio are gameshows The Price is Right and Hollywood Squares, and Dennis Miller Live,Politically Incorrect and The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn. The IBEWproduction crews at Television City win Emmys most years, Stock said.

This year’s winners are:

CORRECTION

In our description of the cover photo of the Robert

Moses Niagara Power Plant in Lewiston, New York, we

stated that members of Local 2032 work there. In fact,

workers at the plant are represented by Local 2104, Nia-

gara Falls, New York. Dean Walker is business manager

of Local 2104. The two locals are signatories to a com-

mon collective bargaining agreement with the Power

Authority of the State of New York. 1

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Florida Verizon Workers Avert Strike;Negotiate Model ContractWashington and Hawaii LocalsAlso Reach Agreement withVerizon

What started as an informal sit-downturned into a serious bargaining session andfour days later—much to the surprise ofIBEW members in Florida—an agreementwas reached with Verizon on a new three-year contract.

In 1999, the members of Tampa-basedIBEW Local 824 in six Florida countiesworked for six months without a contract.This year, Business Manager Danny Johnsonsaid, the 5,300 workers were ready to strikeover bumping practices.

Instead, Johnson said, the early agree-ment “extends the security arrangements wehad in our current contract.” It also includesa 12-percent wage increase and a pensionplan survivor benefit that raises the industrystandard. Other features include a team per-formance incentive plan, an additional(sixth) personal holiday and improvementsin the medical, vision and dental coverageplus improved sickness disability benefits.

Before the talks with Local 824, Verizonreached agreements with Local 89 in Seat-tle, Washington, and Local 1357 in Hon-olulu, Hawaii. Workers at all three localswere formerly employed by GTE, whichmerged with Bell Atlantic to form Verizonin 2000.

Local 89 Business Manager Ray Englehoffsaid the new three-year agreement covering2,200 members includes a 12-percent wagehike as well as improvements to retireehealth care and the company’s contributionto employee 401(k) plans. Local 1357 nego-tiated a five-year pact that Business ManagerHarold Dias, Jr. said provides 1,500 mem-bers long-term stability, a 20 percent wageincrease and improvements in disabilityleave, pensions and vacation time. 1

A fter a 25-yearcareer of ser-

vice with the IBEW,Jon Henrich retiredfrom his post asThird District Inter-national Represen-tative on July 1,2002.

Brother Henrichjoined the ThirdDistrict staff in 1989,assisting Third Dis-trict utility localswith negotiations,arbitrations and organizing. Hewas initiated into Local 1600,Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in1976 as a lineman and servedas a shop steward. BrotherHenrich was active on Local1600’s executive, examin-ing and COPE boards beforehe was elected business man-ager/financial secretary in1984.

An Air Force veteran,Brother Henrich was a mem-ber of a combat flight crewand served two tours in Viet-nam, from 1956 to 1960 andfrom 1961 to 1965.

Among his trade unionactivities were a stint as vicepresident of the Pennsylvania

AFL-CIO, secretary-treasurer of theCapital Area (Har-risburg) Labor Man-agement Groupand secretary-trea-surer of the Penn-sylvania ElectricalWorkers Associa-tion. He also servedon the board ofdirectors of theLabor Departmentof PennsylvaniaState Universi ty

and the Lancas te r LaborFederation. Brother Henrichserved three terms as vicepresident of Lancaster UnitedWay. Brother Henrich attendedcourses at Pennsylvania StateUniversity, the University ofMaryland and Cornell Univer-sity.

A longtime member of theVeterans of Foreign Wars, theAmerican Legion and the Elks,Brother Henrich plans to com-mit more time to fishing andhelping his wife Bonnie raise aherd of llamas.

The officers, members andstaff of the IBEW wish BrotherHenrich a long, healthy andhappy retirement. 1

R E T I R E M E N T

Jon F. Henrich

Bob Ennis Jr. Sandra HarrisAllen Latter Tom Luth

Wayne Getchell Tracy LawrenceHank Geving Les Nourse

Greg Grouwinkel

Clayton Whitney Jr. Rafael GertelZoe Edgerton Marc Berut

Steve Pierron

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Coming up Roses

Bob Bernstein

Stan Sweeney Dave GolbaJim Hope Brian Connell

Jerry Martz Clyde KaplanDaniel Lecuna Jennifer Spangler

times the national average for the con-struction industry. In 2001, its employeeslogged 31 injuries per 100 workers. Thisdismal showing represents a sharpincrease over Labor Ready’s 1999 rate.

A recent BCTD report revealed LaborReady has made a widespread and long-term practice of underpaying workers’compensation funds in some states andnot paying into them at all in others,often through the ruse of not calling aconstruction worker a constructionworker. Because of the high risk of thejob, occupational insurance rates for con-struction are among the highest.

The BCTD found a West Virginia manwho worked as a construction laborer126 times between 1996 and 2000, andwas classified by Labor Ready as a mailclerk or clerical worker 27 times. For theremaining 99 jobs, he was coded as apiano tuner/taxidermist. Not once was helisted for insurance purposes as a con-struction worker. The BCTD report onLabor Ready’s workers’ compensationpractices found it misclassified its workforce to significantly reduce its insuranceburden, cheating states and insurancecompanies out of more than $200 million.Copies of the report were sent to allattorneys general; Collette said investiga-tions of Labor Ready’s workers’ compen-sation practices are ongoing in almostevery state. (Texas is a notable exception.The Texas state regulator returned thereport to the BCTD, apparently unreadand certainly unheeded.)

Labor Ready also underpaid more than$125 million in claims to injured workers.“Workers don’t know how they’re classi-fied until they get hurt,” Burke said.

Insurance Burden HurtsBottom Line

In June, Labor Ready announced it isin trouble with its insurance providers.Two of its three workers’ compensationcarriers are bankrupt and might default onpaying claims. Its remaining carrier, Kem-per, renewed its coverage but without acap on losses and such a huge deductiblethat it is almost like having no insurance atall. Its surety bond providers gave noticetheir surety bonds would be cancelledwithout additional collateral. Even though

Labor Ready managed to borrow $65 mil-lion, its CEO reported at the June annualshareholders meeting that it will try tomaintain its self-insured privileges on itsown, without the cancelled surety bonds.

The BCTD is also going after LaborReady for omitting key information from a“10-K” report filed with the federal Securi-ties and Exchange Commission. Amongthe missing data on the reports, the BCTDsaid in a letter to the SEC, is workers’ com-pensation, material safety, revenue andcost data. Its auditor, Arthur Andersen,approved the company’s 10-K report butin June, Andersen notified Labor Ready itdoes not stand by its SEC reports. LaborReady is reporting dramatically reduced

second quarter profits compared to thesame time last year.

Labor Ready has also been caught forfailing to pay its workers prevailing wageson publicly financed projects and filinginaccurate payroll records. Oregon LaborCommissioner Jack Roberts proposedimposing a $50,000 fine for the oversightsand barring the company from workingon any publicly financed project for threeyears. (IBEW member Dan Gardner waselected as the state’s next labor commis-sioner in May. His term begins in January.)

One of Labor Ready’s marketing assetsis the quick, almost immediate, availabilityof workers. Sent out on a first-come, first-served basis, the workers typically have tobe ready at 5:30 a.m. to wait for a call tocome in. Workers are not paid to wait, norare they paid for transportation time toand from the site. Company deductions fortools, equipment, transportation and cash-

ing daily paychecks make a large dent inworkers’ earnings. The average LaborReady worker lasts an average of 14 dayswith the firm. During that time, he mightgross $600, but gives back $100 or more infees for check-cashing, transportation andsafety equipment.

BCTD Urges ResignationsAs a result of the mounting problems,

BCTD President Edward Sullivan is call-ing on Labor Ready’s management teamto step down. In a letter to Labor Readyinvestors, he argued the company’s lead-ers should go, using Labor Ready’s ownwords from its June 6 report to the SEC:

“Labor Ready acknowledges it is at

risk for claims of health and safety, wageand hour and criminal activity. We havein the past been found, and may in thefuture be found, to have violated regula-tions and there may be fines and otherlosses or negative publicity with respectto any such violations that may give riseto litigation,” Labor Ready said.

“Labor Ready’s own report makes itclear that it is time for CEO Joe Sambat-oro and his management team to stepdown,” Sullivan wrote. “They are thearchitects of this disaster.”

Labor Ready is on the defensive now,issuing news releases in response to theBCTD’s findings, calling its conclusions“distortions” and “misstatements.” A list ofthe press releases on the Labor Readyweb site reveals nearly 10 advisories thecompany has issued in the past year inan attempt to answer the points raised byBCTD investigations. 1


Some are predicting the company thatsupplies a full third of the constructionlabor in the United States is on its way out.

“Labor Ready is going to have tochange its way of doing business,” saidIBEW Construction Organizing DirectorRon Burke. “What they’re doing isn’tlegitimate and it’s not holding water withregulatory agencies.”

A Growing TrendLabor Ready is part of a trend that

consumes a larger share of the labor mar-ket every year. The ranks of so-called“contingent workers” are growing fasterthan the work force in general, at a rateof 15 percent a year. Employers havebeen attracted to this new generation of

middlemen who promise to relieve themof payroll and paperwork on everythingfrom workers’ compensation insurance toOccupational Safety and Health Adminis-tration compliance. Many of these com-panies are happy to hide behind a pleaof “We’re not the employer—Labor Readyis,” when labor law is violated.

The IBEW recognized early on that therising number of temporary/contingencyworkers threatens the unionized construc-tion industry. (See IBEW Journal, “TradesPut Heat On ‘Nonunion Hiring Halls,’”July/August 2000; and “Temp Agency GetsCaught at Its Core Game—Chiseling,” June2001). Consequently, the IBEW was a cata-lyst in the widening building trades inves-tigation of the exploitation of contingency

workers. Burke serves on the special com-mittee formed to track Labor Ready’s lawviolations.

“An increasing number of agencies arecoming into existence to make money bycheating workers and to act as a bufferzone for regulations,” Burke said.“They’re all profiting off exploited work-ers. It makes it hard for good union con-tractors to compete.”

Contingency agencies profit fromevery hour that the rented worker is onthe job. Wages are rock bottom, benefitsare few, if any, and risk of injuries fromnegligent safety conditions is high. Manyof the workers have few skills; some arerecent immigrants drawn to companiesthat do not require documentation. Fearof deportation makes them excellent tar-gets for exploitation.

“Nonunion workers don’t have muchof a voice on the job but temporaryworkers have even less under the con-tracting relationship,” Burke said. “Theagency isn’t on the jobsite to ensure regu-lations and rules are being followed. Thetemporary agency and the work sitesupervisors point fingers at each otherand the worker is stuck in the middle.”

Will Collette of the AFL-CIO Buildingand Construction Trades Department saidthe triangular relationship deliberatelyblurs the lines of responsibility. “If boththe employment agency and the work sitecompany share responsibility, more oftenthan not, no one takes responsibility. As aresult, more workers are getting injuredand more workers are getting killed.”

The Law Catches Up to Labor Ready

Labor Ready is the nation’s leadingprovider of temporary blue-collar workers,sending out 650,000 workers to construc-tion jobs last year. It also has one of thepoorest safety records in the temporarylabor market it dominates. Since January1999, Labor Ready has been cited 72 timesby OSHA, according to an analysis of databy the Charleston (West Virginia) Gazette.That number of violations is more than its10 largest competitors combined.

In figures released by Labor Ready inJune, the company revealed its workerinjury rate has risen to more than three

Labor Ready, Inc., the nation’s largest supplier of temporaryconstruction help, is having a bad year. A hard-driving inves-tigation by the AFL-CIO Building and Construction TradesDepartment dredges up a constant stream of the company’seyebrow-raising shenanigans and regulators are finally payingattention. Across the country, federal and state investigationsare examining the company’s questionable workers’ compen-sation insurance practices and financial disclosures. Profits are way down and bad press is way up. The company thatpromises “help is on the way” appears in dire need of somehelp of its own.

Labor Ready’sProblems WorsenLabor Ready’sProblems Worsen MANY OF THE WORKERS HAVE

FEW SKILLS; SOME ARE RECENT

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Honorable Mention: $50Juan Antonio OlivaresLocal Union 520

Austin, Texas

1st Place: $200Thomas M.GrabowskiLocal Union 38

Cleveland, Ohio

2nd Place: $150Ken CisloLocal Union 692

Bay City, Michigan

3rd Place: $100Dennis TraylorLocal Union 1547

Anchorage, Alaska

Honorable Mention: $50Carl BashawLocal Union 83

Binghamton, New York

On May 20, the 2002 NACTEL gradu-ation ceremonies were held on thePACE campus in White Plains, NewYork. Three IBEW members wereamong the 22 students who graduatedin May. This year marks the program’ssecond graduating class.

The innovative NACTEL

(National Coalition for Telecommunica-tions Education and Learning) programwas created by the IBEW and the Communications Workers of America(CWA)—in partnership with major tele-communications companies—to address acritical shortage of skilled technicians inthe rapidly changing industry.

NACTEL company partners includeVerizon, SBC, Qwest and Citizens/Frontier.The Council for Adult and ExperientialLearning (CAEL) assisted in developmentof the program and serves as projectadministrator. Courses are taught entirely

online by nationallyaccredited Pace Univer-sity.

More than 600 stu-dents have enrolled inNACTEL since its incep-tion in 1999.

IBEW graduate JesseDiaz, age 25, a facilitytechnician/splicer at Veri-zon and a member of

Local 827, East Windsor, New Jersey,attended the graduation ceremony.

Also graduating in the class of 2002were IBEW members: Steven Sestito ofLocal 824, Tampa, Florida, age 30, whoworks with Verizon as a SweetwaterCentral Office technician; and SamuelRash, age 50, a retired Local 21, Down-ers Grove, Illinois, member who workedwith Ameritech as a customer assistanttechnician.

Students not attending the graduationin person could view the ceremonieslive via a streaming video web-cast,which was also available through a linkon the IBEW web site. To view thevideo of the 2002 graduation ceremony,click on http://csis.pace.edu/nactel.

Diaz spoke with enthusiasm of NAC-TEL’s benefits for working adults in thetelecom industry. “This program hasdone more for me that I could have pos-sibly thought,” he said. “I signed up for[another] course my company offers ondigital technology. The first day we didlogic gates and binary math I breezedthrough it, thanks to my NACTEL class.”

Sestito said he liked the fact that hecould do the course from home, on hisown schedule, “without the hassle of dri-

ving to class” at a set time. “The coursewas challenging at times, but betweeninstructors and classmates there wasalways help with problems,” Sestito said.“I believe this degree in telecommu-nications will help me perform my pre-

sent job better and allow meto advance with Verizon.”

Many adult students seeonline learning as the waveof the future in the fast-paced telecom industry, andsome graduates have alreadyachieved professional ad-vancement as a result oftheir NACTEL studies. Onestudent, Rosalinda Perez,attributes her steady promo-tions at SBC to her commit-ment to succeed and herparticipation in the program.

“It’s a great way to advance in the tele-com industry. When I started I was a ser-vice rep,” Perez said. “Today I’m aregulatory and appeals manager and I’veincreased my salary by 20 percent. Myongoing studies in the NACTEL program

helped me a lot in getting the pro-motion.”

Convenience and FlexibilityNACTEL is geared toward work-

ing adults, allowing them to holdfull-time jobs while completing anassociate’s degree or certificate pro-gram.

Students can access their instruc-tor-led online courses 24-7 from anylocation with Internet access, mak-

ing the program flexible and convenient.The program has five start dates eachyear.

The curriculum offers training for realjobs and also meets academic require-ments so credits are transferable for afour-year degree. Students can receivecredit for prior learning.

“The power of NACTEL is that stu-dents can hold full-time jobs, while gain-ing the ability to stay on top of rapidchanges in technology, products and ser-vices, supporting one another andstrengthening their knowledge andexperience base,” said David Sachs,associate dean and co-director of thePace University/NACTEL program. “Itdirectly addresses the shortfall of trainedtechnicians. And because the courseswere developed with the input of theiremployers and unions, students have theadvantage of applying their learningdirectly toward their jobs.”

Courses are continually upgraded toreflect the latest developments in the ever-changing industry. The current NACTELprogram offers an associate’s degree inApplied Information Technology-Telecom-munications and two certificate programs,Introduction to Telecommunications andTelecommunications Essentials.

The NACTEL project was initiated in1997 and a pilot program began in Janu-ary 1999. Since January 2000 the programhas been open to anyone. [See “TelecomDegree Program Opens Its Virtual Doors,”p. 14, IBEW Journal, October 1999.] TheAlfred P. Sloan Foundation provided theinitial funding for the program. 1


The first IBEW graduates of the Pace University/NACTELonline learning program received their associate’s degree intelecommunications technology this year.

Class of 2002 NACTEL graduateJesse Diaz, a member of IBEWLocal 827, East Windsor, NewJersey. Brother Diaz is a facilitytechnician/ splicer at Verizon.

To address the critical shortageof telecommunications technicians,NACTEL offers the following pro-grams—delivered entirely online:

■ Associate’s Degree in Telecom-munications Technology

■ Introduction to Telecom Certificate

■ Essentials of Telecom Certificate

Since January 2000, the NACTELprogram has been open to anyone.IBEW members receive discountedtuition and may be eligible to havetheir tuition paid through companyplans. 1

NACTEL graduate Samuel Rash, aretired IBEW Local 21, DownersGrove, Illinois, member who workedas a customer assistant technicianat Ameritech.

Steven Sestitograduated inthe NACTELclass of 2002.He is a memberof IBEW Local824, Tampa,Florida. BrotherSestito worksat Verizon as aSweetwaterCentral Officetechnician.

First IBEW Graduates of Telecom DegreeProgramFirst IBEW Graduates of Telecom DegreeProgram

To learn more about the online Pace University/NACTEL studiesprogram, as well as to register, visit the NACTEL web sitewww.nactel.org.

■ Fall classes begin September 5, 2002, and run through Decem-ber 18, 2002.

■ Applications are due no later than August 1, 2002, for the earlyfall semester.

■ Registration for the early fall 2002 semester closes August 15. 1

Guam: An OverviewA look at a globe shows Guam as no

more than a speck in the Pacific Ocean.Its continental neighbors Asia to the westand Australia to the south are a long dis-tance away. The island is an approxi-mate eight-hour flight from Hawaii.

Since World War II, when the UnitedStates recaptured it from Japan, Guamhas had a dual legacy—as a strategicallylocated Pacific military stronghold and asa base of cheap labor within the territor-ial limits of the United States. Approxi-mately 157,000 people live on the islandthat measures 30 miles long andbetween four and nine miles wide.

Guam is the westernmost territory of

the United States. It has a distinct cultureinfluenced by native Chamorros, a peo-ple of Micronesian descent. The territor-ial government includes a governor anda 15-member unicameral legislatureelected every two years. A non-votingdelegate to Congress represents the peo-ple of Guam, who are citizens of theUnited States but cannot vote in nationalelections.

The island has a service-orientedeconomy catering mostly to tourists fromAsia—though a continuing recession inJapan has hurt tourism—and the Ameri-can military. Andersen Air Force Base onthe northern end of Guam is home to afleet of air-launched cruise missiles andthe island hosts three naval bases.

Marine and Coast Guard units are alsostationed on Guam.

With a mild tropical climate, seabreezes and beaches galore, it could bea Micronesian paradise. But it’s not.Guam is a hardscrabble island whereemployers have dictated terms. Yet itcould be labor’s new frontier.

Labor Movement Arrives on Guam

Until that recent IBEW Local 1260victory in the 900-worker unit at Navycontractor Raytheon Technical Services,employers for the most part enjoyedfree reign over human resources onGuam. The powerful Guam EmployersCouncil—whose web site offers adviceon “How to Get Rid of an UnwantedUnion” with a link to the National Right-to-Work Committee—had been easilyable to beat back nascent workers’rights efforts. The employers councilalso strong-armed the territorial legisla-ture into passing a right-to-work law in2000. But since the passage of that law,Republicans have lost seats on the legis-lature and the tide could be turning infavor of pro-worker efforts, thanks tothe crucial Local 1260 win.

As with any serious organizing cam-paign, Honolulu’s Local 1260 underBusiness Manager Harry Kameenui tooka chance when it decided to try tounionize the workers at Raytheon twoyears ago. The former naval base wouldsoon be privatized and Raytheon was aleading bidder for the contract .


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island norm until recent

union victories.

It all started with the 1984 victory of a60-worker unit at the MicronesianTelecommunications Corporation byHawaii’s Local 1357, which generatedhigh hopes for similar organizing effortsin the Marianas archipelago. But thoseefforts were stalled when illness forcedLocal 1357’s pioneering Business Man-ager Johnny Han to step down.

“His vision did not end with theMTC—it was only the beginning,” saidLocal 1357 Business Manager HaroldDias, Jr. “Johnny clearly saw the poten-tial and the need for organized labor inthe Commonwealth of the Northern Mar-iana Islands and its neighbor, Guam,despite their distance—almost 4,000miles away from Hawaii.”

Fast forward to 2002. A new genera-tion of organizers in Hawaii revived Han’s

cause. The team includes Han himself,who is working part-time as an organizerfor Local 1357. In January, Local 1260 inHonolulu won an election among 900Guam workers. That important initial vic-tory could tip the island toward moreIBEW representation. The territory’s right-to-work law could even be overturnedwith an increasingly pro-labor legislature.And renewed organizing efforts on Saipanby Locals 1260 and 1357 promise tothreaten a status quo where businesseshad been operating free of Americanwage and immigration laws.

But the opposition forces are sharp-ening their knives for a fight against los-ing the carte blanche privileges withwhich they have ruled the islands. Theyear 2002 promises to be a pivotal onefor workers on Guam and Saipan.


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Kameenui sent two organizers to Guam.“We found that it would not be an easytask because the workers lacked anunderstanding of unions like the IBEW,”Kameenui said.

Their challenges were compoundedby the 4,000-mile distance from Guamand the skepticism of an insular commu-nity generally distrustful of strangers.The company played into that fear byportraying itself as a paternalistic (“we’lltake care of you”) extended family to theworkers on one hand while employingaggressive, union-busting professionalsto scare them from voting for union rep-resentation on the other.

The ideological battle played out inthe months leading up to the Januaryelection.

The Navy contractor at Communica-tions Naval Station Marianas, the secondlargest employer on the island, had madea practice of limiting employees’ hours to32 a week to avoid paying benefits to thesupport workers employed in base opera-tions. In spite of the aggressive anti-unionrhetoric, the IBEW won among workerswho range from electricians to plumbersto carpenters to food service workers.

Brian Ahakuelo, assistant businessmanager for Local 1260 and its primaryorganizer on Guam, said the union pre-vailed in a struggle for the hearts andminds of the islanders.

“It’s a matter of selling a way of life,”Ahakuelo said. “For us, we believe itbecause we live it every day. We had toshow these people that there’s a betterlife out there.” The National Labor Rela-tions Board-certified election win was thelargest organizing victory in the recenthistory of the IBEW’s Ninth District.

“It’s going to open the door for otherunions on Guam, not just the IBEW,”Ahakuelo said.

The naval base is proving to be ripeground for Local 1260 organizers, whoquickly organized a group of 200 foodservice workers employed by SodexoMarriott. The company, which contracts

for all food service at three naval facili-ties on the island, is likely to recognizethe union soon, Ahakuelo said. The vic-tories more than double the number ofunion-represented workers on Guam.

Local 1260 has also petitioned for anNLRB election for 45 utility workers atCommunications Naval Station Marianasemployed by SET PACIFIC, a Nevada-based firm that provides utility genera-tion and maintenance support for thebase. Ahakuelo said they are awaiting adecision from the NLRB on an unfairlabor practice charge the local filed afterthe company fired a union organizer.After that, they are looking at the EarthTech wastewater treatment plant workerson Communications Naval Station Mari-anas and ordnance workers employed byHuman Factors Applications. Ahakuelopredicted his local alone could havebetween new 1,000 and 1,200 workers inGuam within a couple of years.

With the help of a full-time organizeron Guam, Local 1357 has received morethan 200 signed cards from workers atthe Guam Telephone Authority. BusinessManager Dias said the local is hoping forcompany recognition of Local 1357 with-out an election by the 350 workers des-ignated as the bargaining unit.

And Dias said he is not stopping there.He said Local 1357 is eyeing a 200-worker unit of porters, 400 dockworkersand a group of sanitation workers.

Saipan workers at Local 1357’sMicronesian Telecommunications Corpo-ration, now a division of Verizon, unani-mously ratified a new three-yearbargaining agreement in late 2001. Local1357 is actively working to organize otherunits in Saipan, including 600 teachersand duty free workers, Dias said.

“We want to accomplish each one instages and not spread ourselves toothin,” Dias said.

Ninth District Vice President MichaelMowrey said the international officersrecognized the importance of reachingout to the workers on Guam and Saipan,


providing financial assistance to bridgewhat might otherwise have been a pro-hibitive distance. “Both the locals felt itwas important to respond to a need byworkers who were being mistreated.”

Charles McAlister, a Guam residentworking as an organizer for Local 1357,said his efforts have been successfulbecause of his status as a local. “Peoplehave been trying to organize Guam foryears,” said McAlister, who was intro-duced to the IBEW by organizer JohnnyHan. “But they have not been successfulbecause they are perceived as outsiders.It’s important to understand the islandculture and its nuances. You have toknow the people and they’ve got to trustyou.”

Other unions with locals on Guaminclude the International Brotherhood ofTeamsters and Hotel Employees andRestaurant Employees. The Central LaborCouncil of the Western Pacific, AFL-CIO,has been reenergized recently to give thelabor movement a coordinated voice onthe island. McAlister, a former publicschool teacher on Saipan who grew upon Guam and Hawaii, serves as its vicepresident.

A Cultural ConnectionFor the most part, the island popula-

tions on Guam and Saipan have had verylittle experience with unions. But Hawaiiis the second-most heavily unionizedstate in the country (behind New York),so organizers have a valuable opportunityto present workers with the benefits ofcollective bargaining. “It’s a big educa-tional process,” Dias said. “When you aresuppressed and degraded all of your life,it’s all you know.”

Dias, who is also the Hawaii stateAFL-CIO president, said Hawaii has aunique relationship with Guam andSaipan because all are Pacific islandswith ties to the United States.

“Distance-wise we are closer to themthan any other western civilization,” Diassaid from his office in Honolulu, Hawaii.“A lot of the traditions are similar.”

Efforts to Repeal Right-to-Work Things have changed in the two years

since Guam’s legislature enacted the

right-to-work law. The 15-member assem-bly lost some key Republican membersand forces seeking to repeal right-to-workhave the solid votes of nearly half of thelegislators. But the bill is inthe hands of a Republicancommittee chairman whois unlikely to release it tothe full legislature thisyear. (Because the lawwas passed by the legisla-ture, it can also berevoked by a vote of itsassembly, unlike enact-ment by referendum, ashappened in Oklahomalast year and in Idaho in1984 in the only two statesin a quarter century toadopt right-to-work.)

Political realities alsocloud prospects of repeal.This year, the governor’sfour-year term and everyseat in the legislature is up. Because ofthe uncertain political landscape,observers do not expect much actionthis year. But IBEW leaders Ahakuelo,Dias and McAlister all expressed hopefor the law’s eventual repeal.

“I think the prospects are good,” Diassaid. “Now that we have a coordinatedeffort from the unions there, we have agood opportunity.”

Saipan’s Sweatshops Draw Attention

Although both Guam and Saipan areterritories of the United States separatedby a couple hundred miles, there areimportant differences. Guam’s minimumwage is the same as that of the UnitedStates while Saipan’s is only $3.05 anhour, about half of that on the U.S.mainland.

As the only U.S. territory exemptedfrom American minimum wage and immi-gration laws, Saipan has been an attrac-tive site for clothing makers seeking touse the “Made in the U.S.A.” label. Manyof today’s best-selling retailers, includingthe Gap, Tommy Hilfiger, The Limitedand Ralph Lauren sell clothing manufac-tured in Saipan. The popular clothinglines have been targeted by anti-sweat-

shop activists for protests and lawsuits. Most of those working in the factories

are foreign contract workers from China,many of whom must pay recruitment and

travel fees just to get toSaipan. Once there, theyare housed in extremelycrowded quarters, lockedinto factories and requiredto work unpaid overtimeand even forced to haveabortions. Working andliving conditions ofSaipan’s 15,000 garmentworkers are the subject ofa film screened across theUnited States in May bythe human rights groupWitness titled “Behindthe Labels: Garment Work-ers on US Saipan.” TheNew York Times editorial-ized in May that legislationto bring Saipan under

mainland minimum wage and immigra-tion laws has extensive support in Con-gress but has been repeatedly blocked byHouse Republican whip Tom DeLay (R-Texas).

U.S. Representative George Miller (D-California), a longtime advocate fortougher labor laws in the Marianas, hailedthe May approval by a U.S. District judgeof a settlement involving more than30,000 sweatshop workers who claimedunderpayment of wages and other abusesat the hands of the island’s garmentindustry.

“Sadly, the Congress has refused yearafter year to respond to the disgracefulconditions in the Marianas, not only inthe garment industry but in the construc-tion and hotel industry as well,” Millersaid. “All of our efforts to correct theseabuses have met with stonewalled indif-ference from the leadership of Congress.”

IBEW International President Edwin D.Hill said aggressive organizing on theislands is symbolic of the IBEW’s ongoingcommitment to securing for all workersthe opportunity to find a voice. “The factthat business increasingly follows anunrestricted, one-world economy makesit imperative that the IBEW organizeworkers, especially those working underthe American flag.” 1

“It’s a matter

of selling a way

of life. For us, we

believe it because

we live it every

day. We had to

show these

people that

there’s a better

life out there.”

—Brian AhakueloLocal 1260

Guam &Saipan Guam &Saipan(Continued from page 17)

“It’s a matter

of selling a way

of life. For us, we

believe it because

we live it every

day. We had to

show these

people that

there’s a better

life out there.”

—Brian AhakueloLocal 1260

Guam &Saipan


This is an important election year,so get all your family members regis-tered to vote and let them knowwhich candidates are on the side ofworking people.

Until next time, have a great sum-mer. Work and play safely.

CHUCK WISTINGHAUSEN, P.S.

60th AnniversaryL.U. 11 (i,o,rts&spa), LOS ANGE-

LES, CA—Local 11 is proud toacknowledge its 60th anniversary.Local 11 is an amalgamation of sixprevious local unions. These six localslater became districts, which still existtoday.

Our work picture has held steadyduring these trying times, and we lookforward to a strong summer. Checkout our web site at www.ibew11.orgfor local highlights and events.

At press time we were negotiatingon the Inside Wireman’s Agreement.We have exchanged proposals and willsit down at the table shortly.

It has been our local’s strong posi-tion to take a very active role in theelection of our local government. Weare proud that our efforts have beensuccessful, and have resulted in posi-tive, labor friendly legislation. Thebenefits have been proven—activismworks!

RUSTY ROTEN, P.S.

Barry Smith RetiresL.U. 14 (i), EAU CLAIRE, WI—Bus.

Mgr. Barry Smith resigned from officeto begin his retirement effective June 1,2002. Barry became business managerin 1993, the same time the local begana new charter. Under Barry’s leadershipthe local has grown to significant num-bers and has prospered in all classifica-tions. We thank him for his dedicationand wish him the best in his retirement.He deserves it for all his hard work onbehalf of Local 14.

The Executive Board appointedPres. Dean Licht as business manager/financial secretary for the remainder ofthe term, and former Vice Pres. JamesStanek will serve as president. Goodluck also to Dean and Jim.

The local suffered another greatloss when Asst. Bus. Mgr. Jerry Jensenpassed away. Jerry covered the south-ern part of the jurisdiction and retiredin March of 2002. He will be missed.

Work in the Local 14 jurisdiction isstagnant with many members signingBook I. Our thanks and appreciationto any local unions that can offer ourtraveling members employment.

As in other locals, IBEW 14 hasexperienced large increases in healthcare cost premiums. Being self-funded,the impact has been diminished some-what. However, something must be

done at the national level to bringhealth care and prescription drugprices under some control. Keep thatin mind as you cast your votes.

JIM PIERCE, ASST. BUS. MGR.

10,000 Strong and VotingL.U. 21 (catv,govt&t), DOWNERS

GROVE, IL—“We’re union—We vote!”was the chant when over 250 Local 21members traveled to Springfield, IL, toparticipate in the AFL-CIO sponsoredSolidarity Day Rally on April 24. Over10,000 union members filled the streetin front of the state capitol. The pro-gram included union speakers andpoliticians friendly to working families,while our chants reminded thoseinside the building that organizedlabor is certainly a political force to bereckoned with. One union speakerreminded us all, “We built the middleclass. Big business is wrong to shipour jobs overseas, claiming they can’tafford to pay a living wage.”

On April 29, Local 21 sponsored ahuge rally in downtown Chicago insupport of the right to organize atAT&T Broadband. Over 1,000 IBEWmembers, labor lawyers, communityactivists and supporters from otherunions packed Chicago’s Plaza of theAmericas. Speakers included AFL-CIOSec.-Treas. Richard Trumka, IBEW Int.Sec.-Treas. Jeremiah O’Connor, Local21 Pres. Ron Kastner and more. Thecelebration sent a strong message toAT&T that organizing was moving intohigh gear for a 3,000-member bargain-ing unit in the company’s third largestmarket.

THOMAS HOPPER, P.S.

Looking for Softball TeamsL.U. 25 (catv,i,o&rts), LONG

ISLAND, NY—Our 32nd Long IslandIBEW Softball Tournament will beheld at Baldwin Park on August 23-25,2002. We are looking for teams to jointhis exciting tournament hosted byLocals 3, 25, 1049 and 1381. If yourlocal is interested in playing in theAugust Softball Tournament, pleasecontact Local 25 Pres. James E. Plant at631-273-4567, Ext. 241.

ED O’DONNELL, P.S.

Scholarship WinnersL.U. 26 (ees,em,es,govt,i&mt),

WASHINGTON, DC—We hopeeveryone is enjoying their summer. Atthis writing, our picnic plans are in fullswing, and we look forward to seeingeveryone at this year’s picnic onAugust 3.

The Retired Members Club meet-ings are postponed during summermonths, but will resume in September.

Local 26 is proud to announce thisyear’s scholarship winners. They are

Emilie P. Vincent, daughter of Bro.Norman J. Vincent, and Crystal A.Felix, daughter of Bro. Richard A.Jackson, Jr. Emilie lives in Woodbine,MD, and plans to pursue a career inchemistry. Crystal resides in Alexan-dria, VA, and will be attending VirginiaTech majoring in marketing. Our bestwishes to all of the outstanding appli-cants.

This year’s Dollars Against DiabetesGolf Outing was a huge success, withover 600 participants and a pictureperfect day. Thanks to all the volun-teers, golfers and sponsors whohelped to make it an incredible eventbenefiting the fight against diabetes. Aspecial thanks to Bro. Chuck Grahamwho did a superb job coordinating theouting.

Local 26 is saddened to report thefol lowing deaths: ret i red Bros.Rudolph “Rudy” C. Worch, Harry A.Hetzler and Howard F. Carpenter, andBros. Matthew C. McCarthy, WilliamCowley and Charles E. Sams, Jr.

Congratulations to the followingbrothers who retired since our last arti-cle: Marvin R. Neese, Albert E. VanDe-vander, Michael J. Ryan, Charles M.Carter and Jerry M. Parson.

HOWARD L. RITCHIE, JR., B.M.

Powerhouse UpgradeL.U. 34 (em,i,rts&spa), PEORIA,

IL—Edwards Powerhouse Stationrecently completed a Digital ControlSystems (DCS) upgrade to combinethree separate units, Unit 1 (100-megawatt), Unit 2 (245-megawatt) andUnit 3 (350-megawatt). Now all thecontrols are in one new control room.The outage was six weeks long andemployed approximately 30 memberson night shift and 40 members on dayshift. Bro. Neil Griffith was shop stew-ard for the day shift and Noel Sheltonwas shop steward for the night shift.

We wish to recognize and congrat-ulate our recent retirees. The 2001retirees are Tom Brandt, Arden Muller,Richard Matthews, Lyle Doubet, Don-ald Mason, Russell Probable, RichardWagler, Tom Fletcher, Dan Winchell,Matthew Bouc, Gary Dingledine, JackMontgomery, Joe Norton, Lonnie Hig-gins and Paul Grant. The 2002 retireesare Robert Poehlman, Larry Hammer-lund, Stan Roloff, Leonard Fairburn,Phil Blecher, Bill Hinch, Martin Marek,

Bill Alexander and Teddy Bell. Bestwishes to all.

JASON NORTON, P.S.

Summer School WorkL.U. 41 (em,es,i,se&spa), BUFFALO,

NY—As of late April, hopes are highthat our membership is fully employedand will continue to be for a very longtime.

We placed 30 journeyman wiremenon school jobs during the two-weekEaster break, and with the amount ofprojected school work to be com-pleted this summer, we may see fullemployment in our construction unit.

Bus. Mgr. Jim Voye, Pres. MikeFraney and the Local 41 officers areplanning our 105th anniversary cele-bration to be held on September 21 atthe Buffalo Convention Center. Itseems like only yesterday we wereplanning our 100th. Please try toattend this event.

At this writing, negotiating commit-tees representing the Motor Shop Unitand the Interconnect Unit are busynegotiating changes to their respectiveagreements that expire on May 31.Negotiating contracts is never easy andthe current economic climate makes iteven more difficult.

Prior to our next article, Local 41will have held its election of officersand graduation ceremonies honoringthe Inside apprentices and the Inter-connect apprentices. At our July meet-ing, following the swearing in ofelected officers, completion certificateswill be distributed to the 200-plusmembers who completed journeymaneducation courses. Congratulations toall.

PETER W. RICE, P.S.

New JATC FacilityL.U. 46 (c,em,i,rtb,rts&st), SEATTLE,

WA—After several years in which Seat-tle logged a record number of hoursworked, we are slow and have 400 onBook I.

We have many things to be proudof, including a victory contract withwages to peak in 2003 at $35.75 anhour on the check and $4.15 goinginto pension. Also, we opened a newJATC facility in Renton, WA. The newcampus boasts plenty of room andstate-of-the-art labs for motor controland welding. We are proud of the cen-


An 80-Year LegendL.U. 1 (as,c,ees,ei,em,es,et,fm,i,

mt,rts,s,se,spa,st&ws), ST. LOUIS, MO—In 1922, Bro. Andy Fahrenkrog tookthe oath of obligation to the IBEW. OnMarch 15, 2002, he restated that vow,administered by former Pres. Don Gra-like, as over 1,000 Local 1 memberswitnessed the presentation of his pinand certificate signifying 80 years ofmembership.

Participation in the formal ceremonyincluded Eleventh Dist. Int. Vice Pres.Bill Eads, along with past and presentbusiness managers and presidents EdHoock, Don Bresnan, Bob Miller, SteveSchoemehl, Don Gralike, Matt O’Neill,Jack Jacobs and Tom George, alongwith the massive outpouring of ourmembers present to commemorate theoccasion. Formal declarations from theState of Missouri and the City of St.Louis were presented by Bros. TimGreen and John Koch.

Prior to retirement in 1982, Andyserved his local as organizer, ExecutiveBoard member, vice president, presi-dent and business representative, andas delegate to two International Con-ventions.

Those present witnessed an historicoccasion in the annals of Local 1through the honor and respect exhib-ited for and to a man whose careerand accomplishments have taken onthe substance of legend.

ROBERT EGAN, P.S.

John Hunter RetiresL.U. 6 (c,i,o,st&u), SAN FRAN-

CISCO, CA—Although there are signsof economic recovery, the work pic-ture remains slow. With a 20 percentvacancy rate in downtown tenantspaces, many projects have been puton hold or scrapped altogether.

On April 19 many of the Ninth Dis-trict locals convened in Oakland topay tribute to recently retired NinthDist. Int. Rep. John Hunter. Bus. Mgr.John O’Rourke presented Bro. Hunterwith a proclamation from Mayor WillieBrown declaring April 20 as “JohnHunter Day in the City and County ofSan Francisco.” The members, officersand staff thank Bro. Hunter for his 32-plus years of representation, dedica-tion and leadership.

On Saturday, April 27, Local 6members volunteered their skills to the“Rebuilding Together” project in SanFrancisco. Over 60 members, alongwith 20 contractors, joined forces toelectrically upgrade various homesand community centers for the elderlythroughout the city. Thanks to all whoparticipated.

JEFF SWEENEY, P.S.

Important Election YearL.U. 8 (i&mt), TOLEDO, OH—Our

work situation is slow, but we arehoping it will improve by year’s end.There is very little work in the Mid-west, so we aren’t alone. Welcome toa Republican economic slowdown,which seems to happen every time weget a new Republican president. It

must be their way of controlling infla-tion and keeping working people hun-gry so we will work for less.

The nonunion contractors are stillinfiltrating on all fronts. Our organiz-ing efforts are still ongoing and ournew members have been a real assetto our local.

Congratulations to our newest offi-cers, especially the Grosswiler family,who have represented the local forsome time. It looks like the traditionwill continue.


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Local 34, Peoria, IL, father and son teams who worked on the EdwardsPowerhouse Station upgrade are from left, standing, Dick Haynes, WillardMauerman, Denny Shelton and Rich Klockenga, and kneeling, AdamHaynes, Ron Mauerman, Noel Shelton and Tony Klockenga.

Local 14, EauClaire,WI, newofficeandtrainingcenter.

Local 6, SanFrancisco, CA, Bus.Mgr. John O’Rourke,center, and NinthDist. Vice Pres.Michael Mowrey,right, present NinthDist. Int. Rep. JohnHunter, left, a procla-mation from MayorWillie Brown declar-ing April 20 “JohnHunter Day.”

Local 8, Toledo, OH, former Bus. Mgr. Phil Couture, right, swears in, fromleft, Convention Delegate Don Burnard, Examining Board member DickBarkhimer, Executive Board member Roy B. Grosswiler, Vice Pres. EricGrosswiler, Fin. Sec. Roy C. Grosswiler and Treas. Jim Kozlowski.

Local 1, St. Louis, MO, Bro. Andy Fahrenkrog receives his certificateacknowledging 80 years of IBEW membership.

Conference Committee composed ofthe Executive Board members and allunit chairmen will be established. Thiscommittee will meet twice a year forthe purpose of discussing local unionand unit problems, and will inform theExecutive Board and business man-ager of the business being carried onby the units.

This year’s Spring Unit Conferencewas held in Wenatchee, WA, on April6, 2002. Discussions included thepolitical arena, Unit updates, organiz-ing campaigns, International Officemandates, industry updates, safetyissues and apprenticeships.

Bro. Dan Nelson received his 30-year IBEW pin at the conference, and13 of our retirees with 50 and 55 yearsof dedicated service to the IBEW werehonored at the conference banquet.We thank them for providing us withtoday’s standards.

At this writing in early May, con-struction work is still a bit slow in thisarea, although a large amount of steelwork is projected for the very nearfuture. Several utilities in the area arelooking for journeyman linemen. Formore information call (206) 323-0585or visit us on the web atwww.ibew77.com.

SHERMAN WILLIAMS, JR., P.S.

Journeyman Training ClassesL.U. 81 (i), SCRANTON, PA—The

Scranton JATC and Local 81 recentlycompleted its second class on Signifi-cant Changes to the 2002 NationalElectric Code. There were 21 partici-pants, with more classes to follow. Wealso conducted Leviton Connectoriza-tion, First Aid and CPR training. At thiswriting, the OSHA 10-Hour course isupcoming.

Work has picked up, with a num-ber of travelers being put to work.

A critical governor’s position is upfor grabs, and we are very muchinvolved with “Labor 2002,” doingphone banks and labor walks.

Organizing continues at a recordpace, with numerous ongoing cam-paigns. The Organizing Committeeand a number of members have filledout applications with nonunion con-tractors to block their hiring and to salt.We recently had a favorable decisioncome from the National Labor RelationsBoard (NLRB) on one of our main tar-gets. Organizing is proceeding at abrisk pace.

FRANCIS DELESKY, P.S.

Register to VoteL.U. 84 (o,t&u), ATLANTA, GA—I

would like to remind the membershipof the October 7 deadline to register tovote in this year’s November generalelection. You may register at any time,but you must be registered by the closeof registration prior to Election Day. Wehave registration forms available so ourmembers can register at the union hallor at the union meeting.

The Regional Labor Councils andthe State AFL-CIO have made theirendorsements of the candidates thatthey feel better represent the cause ofworkers in local, state and nationaloffices. I encourage our members tofind out which candidates areendorsed by labor and vote accord-ingly. Contact us if you are unsure ofwhich candidates are recommended.

Regardless of how you decide tovote, be sure to exercise your rightand vote. Because of redistricting, vot-ers in the state of Georgia have anopportunity to change the makeup ofCongress. If we fail to take this oppor-tunity, we have no one to blame butourselves.

JIM WOODS, ASST. B.M./P.S.

Recovering Our WorkL.U. 90 (i), NEW HAVEN, CT—Jour-

neymen and apprentice brothers andsisters recently volunteered their week-end time on a Habitat for Humanityproject. A large two-family house wasconverted into a single-family homeand refurbished to house a family of 11in New Haven.

On Saturday, March 23, volunteersbegan the rough wiring in the existingdilapidated two-family house. Thehouse was renovated at a fast pacewith the effort of the New HavenBuilding Trades, Greater New HavenCentral Labor Council and the Carpen-ters Union. Local contractors RoccoElectric and Johnson Electric suppliedthe cable, and all other material andtools were supplied by the JATC. Thegroup returned weeks following tocomplete work for an electrical inspec-tion. We sincerely appreciate andthank everyone who participated inthis worthy event.

Organizing activities continue tohave a positive effect in our jurisdic-tion. To date over $1 million has beenrecovered through complaints againstnonunion contractors on prevailing ratejobs. The Connecticut Dept. of Laborrecently announced all certified payrollrecords would now require the “TradeLicense Numbers” of any licensed per-son working on prevailing rate jobs.This resulted in showing proof of non-licensed persons performing elec-trical installations. Remember, “Organiz-ing is the lifeblood of the IBEW.”

KENNETH B. KING, B.M.

End of an EraL.U. 97 (u), SYRACUSE, NY—The

following was related to me by Bro.Mike J. McGuinness, Chief Steward ofthe Bethlehem Energy Center:

“Construction has begun on a newstate-of-the-art combined cycle 750-megawatt steam-generating station atthe site of the old Albany Steam plant.The old plant, built in 1954, was a400-megawatt coal fired plant that waslater converted to gas and oil. Thenew plant will be more modern andenvironmentally friendly—but willemploy fewer people. Construction isexpected to last two years, employing400-600 construction trade members,which PSEG committed to be union.

There is joy in the air with the newplant construction, but also sadnessover the end of an era in which this“old lady” has been so faithful. Shewill soon be retired. She employed125 union brothers and sisters for most

of those years, providing good salariesand a safe workplace. She also sup-ported many union subcontractors,local stores, merchants and the com-munity with a good tax base. I person-ally have nothing but fond memoriesfor my more than 32 years of workingthere.

Because of the efforts of Bus. Mgr.Primero and staff, the future is bright,and with Local 97 behind us, weexpect to be successful and generatefor another 50 years or more. As YogiBerra once said, “When you come to afork in the road, take it.” I guess this isthe fork.”

DAN WISMONT, P.S.

Spread the WordL.U. 99 (govt&i), PROVIDENCE,

RI—Increasing the market share ofIBEW work is the only way to insure aprosperous future for our member-ship. It is not just the responsibility ofthe Local 99 officers, but also our dutyas members to spread the word ofwhat we have to offer at Local 99.

One only has to stop by the train-ing facility and see the unparalleledefforts that JATC Dir. Patrick Brady andthe JATC Committee have made to cre-ate a state-of-the-art computer lab forthe high tech training our studentsneed in today’s complex electricalwork. We have exciting courses forjourneyman training, not only in safetyand code related courses, but also inthe cutting edge of the industry in theelectronic labs.

In the end we all want the samethings, and we all took an oath touphold those core beliefs when wewere sworn into this great union. Be agood union member and get involved.Help the administration and your Sis-ters and Brothers, and in the end youwill be helping yourself and your fam-ily achieve the American way of lifeyou so richly deserve!

United we Stand.JOE WALSH JR., P.S.

Another Successful ElectionL.U. 103 (cs&i), BOSTON, MA—

Election Day, May 4, has come andgone with the highest turnout in Local103’s history, a real gauge of the levelof interest in our local union. Congrat-ulations to all the candidates and toBus. Mgr. Rich Gambino on anothersuccessful election.

The work picture continues to bestrong. Special thanks to all of the1,700 travelers helping to man ourjurisdiction.


t e r l ed by Tra in ing Di r. B i l lBowser and remind people that thisfacility was built entirely by privatemoney!

Organizing in Seattle remains a toppriority, and many victories have beenwon in a battle to raise living stan-dards for all electrical workers in ourjurisdiction. Seattle is now boomingwith work for marine electricians, withmany calls going unfilled. Our insidewireman have stepped up to insure astrong union presence in our activemarine environment.

Seattle is currently excited by theadoption of a new UNITY Committee.This committee will strive to enhancesupport to members in need.

We thank all the brothers and sis-ters who helped us man projects overthe past few years, and pledge to bestewards in all areas as our peopletravel in 2002.

KEVIN QUINLAN, P.S.

New Owner, New HopeL.U. 51 (catv,lctt,o,rtb,t&u), SPRING-

FIELD, IL—The appetite for deregula-tion has found Central Illinois LightCompany (CILCO) with a new owner.Ameren has purchased CILCO fromAES and will become an Ameren sub-sidiary, but will remain a separate util-ity, known as AmerenCilco.

This in part should improve labor-management relations.

Illinois lawmakers are consideringlegislation to hold residential rates incheck until Dec. 31, 2006. This wouldalso extend worker protection throughthe same period.

The legislators want to ensure thatIllinois consumers do not end up inthe same debacle as did Californiaconsumers and workers.

With the accounting practices ofcompanies such as Enron underscrutiny, one would have to wonderwhose interest deregulation serves. Ina regulated environment, we had rea-sonable rates and quality service.

The work picture for Local 51 lineconstruction (distribution and transmis-sion) has slowed considerably, and thetrain has stopped in its tracks on thetelecommunication side. Tree Trimmingremains somewhat stable for now, butrumors of budget cuts are in the air.

Please attend your local unit meet-ings. This is the place where it allbegins.

DOMINIC F. RIVARA, B.M./F.S.

Success Through UnityL.U. 53 (lctt,o,rts&u), KANSAS CITY,

MO—The construction work is steadyin our area, with no calls for linemenat this time. The area has pretty muchrecovered from the January 30 icestorm.

Negotiations have concluded withWestCentral Electric Cooperative,resulting in a five-year agreement with4 percent increases each year. Thelocal would like to commend all themembers of WestCentral for their unitythrough those negotiations. They weredifficult at times, but the membershung tough!

The spring retirees luncheon was

held in May at the union hall. Servicepins and certificates were presented to60-year members William H. James,George W. Janus, Chester A. Selsor andHollis B. Williams; 55-year membersAlbert L. Combs, Gerald Cook, VergilR. Endicott, Jack M. Grace, Eldon M.Judd, R. J. Kilkenny, Clarence Sleddand Jimmie Weber, and 50-year mem-bers Norman J. Blackwell, Billy D. Bur-goon, Harvey L. Dissmeyer, Bill L.Harber, John L. Mooneyham, Earl W.Peters, Grover J. Pingleton, David D.Switzer and Raymond A. Widener.

The local extends congratulationsand best wishes to all these members.

BRUCE VanCOMPERNOLLE, P.S.

Telcom Referral RightsL.U. 58 (em,i,rtb&spa), DETROIT,

MI—Greetings from the Motor City.Work is still very slow, with 900 onBook I and almost no movement ofBook II in more than six months. Asalways, we are hoping for a brighterfuture, with a powerhouse in EastChina Township and the MGMhotel/casino in the old state buildingscheduled for the fall.

We have good news to report. Wehave a new four-year contract for ourtelecom workers. Members secured a4 percent increase in wages for eachof the next three years, and openingfor wage renegotiations for the finalyear. The best part of the agreement isthe exclusive referral procedure nowin effect.

On April 27, about 275 peopleattended a service awards banquet atour union hall. Members with 50, 55and 60 years of service received ser-vice awards and diamond studdedpins. Our retiree association is the old-est and proudest in the IBEW. I con-sider it an honor to share memories, alaugh, and listen to as many stories asI can. Congratulations to all. Special

congratulations to 65-year memberDaniel Sheppard, Jr., and 60-yearmember Bro. Bill Zapoli. Continuedhealth and wealth were the wishes ofthe day.

KATHY DEVLIN, P.S.

Largest Recorded ParadeL.U. 66 (o,t&u), HOUSTON, TX—

Members and families participated inHouston’s largest-ever St. Patrick’s Dayparade on Saturday, March 16. Thisyear’s theme was “The Irish HonorHouston’s Everyday Heroes,” with spe-cial recognition to area fire, police andemergency personnel, teachers andother union workers.

It has been quite some time sincewe participated in a city parade. With

the special theme, we believed itwould be a significant way to celebrateour labor. We also viewed our partici-pation as a visible organizing tool. Wecreated a float with poles and crossarms, with strung wires and shamrocklights. We also carried a banner stating“IBEW Local Union 66—The peoplethat keep the LIGHTS on.”

GREG LUCERO, P.S.

Labor 2002L.U. 68 (i), DENVER, CO—On April

18, 2002, Colorado SB83 died anunsightly death at the hands of ourunfriendly House of Representatives.SB83’s short title was concerning con-tinuing education for electricians. Itlasted longer that anyone thought itwould. It made it through the stateSenate, with a surprising four extravotes. We pretty much knew thatwould happen when we helped therest of labor in this state to get aworker friendly Senate elected in 2000for the first time in 40 years.

On March 9, 2002, the NewAlliance held the kickoff for Labor2002 at our hall. Labor 2002 has sev-eral goals for this time around. Firstwe intend to keep our labor friendlySenate. Second we intend to take backthe House so we won’t have to watch

labor bills die one after another. Third,we intend to make sure that we senda labor friendly delegation to Washing-ton this year. Last but not least weintend to send our governor back towhere he came from. We did it in2000 and we can do it again.

DANIEL J. CURTIN, PRES.

First-Rate PicnicL.U. 70 (lctt&o), WASHINGTON,

DC—Our annual picnic on May 11 atMayo Beach was first-rate. Theweather was as nice as it could be,and members enjoyed spending timewith their families and friends. It’sgreat to see our members and familiesunite together for this fun-filled event.

Thanks to Bus. Mgr. Wes Spruilland office secretaries Alice and KathyCollins, we had plenty of activities forthe children and adults to enjoy. Someactivities included tie-dying shirts,candy pixy stix to construct, patriotickey chains and bracelets to puttogether, along with many other craftsthroughout the day. The childrenenjoyed a moon bounce and obstaclecourse, and families enjoyed variouscontests. We had lots of laughs watch-ing the egg toss, and our members

from Riggs-Distler won the tug of warcontest.

Special thanks to all our volunteersfor making this year’s picnic onceagain a big success. If you wereunable to join us this year, please tryto attend next year’s and give yourselfa break for a day. You won’t be sorry.

JEROME J. DEINLEIN, SR., P.S.

Spring Unit ConferenceL.U. 77 (lctt,mt,o,t&u), SEATTLE,

WA—Per our bylaws, a local union


Local 53, Kansas City, MO, retirees, from left, Billy D. Burgoon, Vergil R.Endicott, Bill L. Harber, Norman J. Blackwell, Clarence Sledd, JimmieWeber, Gerald Cook, Harvey L. Dissmeyer and William H. James receivedservice awards at the spring retirees luncheon.

Local 77, Seattle, WA, delegates at the Spring Unit Conference inWenatchee, WA.

Local 90, New Haven, CT, members who volunteered on the Habitat forHumanity project are, from left, first row, Joel Goldberg, JATC Training Dir.Paul Costello and Paul Gontarski; second row, Brian Coggshall, Pres.Frank Halloran, Katherine Unger, Dan Cosgrove and Aurelia Aleman, andback row, Kendrick Carter, Jeffery Karavas and James Mesner. (Missingfrom photo are Brian McDermott, Gene McDonald and Jacob Piekarski).

Children pause for a photo at theLocal 70, Washington, DC, annualpicnic at Mayo Beach.

Local 58, Detroit, MI, 65-year mem-ber Daniel Sheppard, Jr., left, and60-year member Bill Zapoli, right,at the service award luncheon.

Some Local66, Houston,TX, St.Patrick’sDay paradeparticipants.

Local 81, Scranton, PA, members, standing, from left, Gene Markowski, Joe Langan, Mark Woelkers, Todd Jones, Jim Reichle, Chris Czachor, DavisReed, Jason Walsh, Steve Hertzog, Mark Whitehead, Ken Saar, MarkPappalardo, Guy DePalma, Bill Kenehan, Bob Butchkavitz, Jr., and JoeCecci, and seated, from left, Gino Arcurie, Instructor Paul Casparro, Pres.Rick Schraeder, Jack Smedley, Jack Jennings and Bill Buchkavitz, Sr. attend-ed the class on Significant Changes to the 2002 National Electric Code.

Still SlowL.U. 146 (i,ei&rts), DECATUR, IL—

At this writing, work is still a little slug-gish in our jurisdiction. A very rainywinter and spring has undermined theability to get projects going that arecoming out of the ground. We havedozens on Book I, and we probablyare not going to get very deep intoBook II. We hope to clear our booksby mid to late summer. A warm thankyou to all the locals that have helped toemploy our members during theseslow times.

We recently concluded the Insidecontract negotiations, signing a four-year agreement. Both parties appear tobe satisfied with the results and withthe expeditious manner in which itwas settled.

Congratulations once again to ournewly graduated fifth-year apprentice-ship class. Graduation ceremonieswere held on May 18 at Eagle CreekResort in Findlay, IL.

Our annual golf outing was held onJune 8 in Taylorville, IL, and the over100 participants enjoyed the day.

Each year members volunteer atlocal events such as Summer Start(American Power Boat Associationrace held on Lake Decatur overMemorial Day weekend) and TheDecatur Celebration (Midwest’s LargestStreet Festival) held the first week inAugust. Please join us for a great time.

MICHAEL L. ANDERSON, R.S./P.S.

Day SchoolL.U. 150 (es,i,rts&spa), WAUKE-

GAN, IL—Our training center is almost10 years old, and only in the past twoyears have any of the eight classroomsbeen utilized in the daytime. Prior to2000, we only had evening classes forour apprentices. This makes for a longday when we expect our apprenticesand instructors to work an eight-hourday and then put in three hours anight twice a week at school.

When the decision was made tostart a transition to day school, the firstyear apprentice pay rate was increasedto 45 percent of journeyman wiremanscale, and in most cases these appren-tices are making more money thanthey were before they got into theprogram. Certainly there can be nocomparison with the benefit packagethey are now receiving, which is at thesame rate as journeyman wiremen,including pension, annuity, health andwelfare and vacation. True, they areexpected to attend one eight-hour dayof school (for which they are not paid)out of every 10 working days. Butthey are on their way to a wonderfulcareer, and don’t most worthwhilethings in life demand some sacrifice?

Now that we have three classifica-tions (journeyman wireman, residentialwireman and communications tech) totrain in addition to upgrade classes, thisdecision was the only one that madesense. Now we can again offer continu-ing education classes to all of ourmembers.

Our thoughts and prayers are withPat Lapish during her continuing illness.

WENDY J. CORDTS, P.S.

Thanks, VolunteersL.U. 153 (em,i,rtb,rts,se,spa&st),

SOUTH BEND, IN—Saturday, April 13,was “Christmas In April” in SouthBend, IN. It is a day where volunteersfrom the trades donate their time andtalents to repair the homes of the lessfortunate, the disabled or elderly inour community. It was the 15th yearfor our local to participate in thisworthwhile community event.

Local 153 had over 70 membersvolunteer for this effort, working on atotal of six houses requiring totalupgrades and more than two-dozenhomes with minor repairs. Specialthanks to Bro. Derrick Gard for coor-dinating the workers. Thanks also toHouse Captains and Co-Captains ChrisHampton, Stephen Hershberger, TimHoward, Jack Hudgens, Ed Kline, DaleLesicki, Scott Miller, and Trent Rowe.

Our work picture is still slow. Wewould like to thank those locals thathave been able to put some of ourmembers to work. Indications point toan increase in work in the near future.We have two co-gens to start soon inNiles, Michigan, and New Carlisle,Indiana. The New Carlisle job has bro-ken ground. However, the Niles pro-ject probably won’t start until fall. Thecasino in New Buffalo, Michigan, isstill tied up in the courts.

EDWARD D. TAFF, B.M./F.S.

Improving Work OutlookL.U. 159 (i), MADISON, WI—The

work outlook appears to be improv-ing, and we are optimistic that all ofour Book I inside and residential wire-men will soon be back to work. Thelocal union golf outing and picnic willtake place in mid July and earlyAugust, respectively.

Evidence continues to indicate thatworking people are drawing evercloser to some very new and difficultchoices regarding health insurance.Steady and predictable programs seemto be cartwheeling out of control, andour membership has had to deal withsignificant jolts in the cost of insurancepremiums. Reports on negotiationsindicate that many trades are commit-ting their ENTIRE wage and benefitpackage to shore up their sagginghealth and welfare funds. To thosewho would suggest that the situationlies in curtailing health and welfarecoverage, the bills will still have to bepaid whether by our insurance or ourwages. Significantly, this drama, inwhich affordable and comprehensivehealth care is being forfeited by mil-lions of working Americans, is playingout under the benign gaze of manylayers of elected government officialsand their appointees.

What justification can there possiblebe in humbling the working and retiredsegments of our population? I proposethat quality affordable health care is nota luxury. Perhaps when the presidentselect is satisfied that he has cleaned upAfghanistan, he will turn his attentionto the Boardroom terrorists who pullthe strings for the health care industry.

MICHAEL H. LEADERMAN,PRES./P.S.

Symbol of ResistanceL.U. 164 (c,i,o&t), JERSEY CITY,

NJ— Local 164 established a Pipe andDrum Corps two years ago as part ofour commitment to community ser-vice, giving our members an opportu-nity to participate in union-sponsoredactivities. Recognizing that bagpipes,the age-old symbol of resistance, arethe perfect emblem for organizedlabor, Local 164 became the first NewJersey local to offer music lessons toits membership and to sponsor a bag-pipe band.

More than 25 members are cur-rently avid drummers and bagpipersand will represent Local 164 at com-munity and political events throughoutour jurisdiction. Last summer the“Pipes and Drums of Local 164” led arally for then gubernatorial candidateJames McGreevey, and also performedat his inaugural in January. The Corpsperformed in three St. Patrick’s Daycelebrations and also marched in theannual New York City parade.

“The Local 164 Pipe and DrumCorps is a unique opportunity for ourmembers to advance their own inter-ests while establishing a valuable com-munity outreach tool. They receivemany performance requests from localorganizations and municipalities, aswell as political candidates who sup-port organized labor,” said Bus. Mgr.Richard Dressel. Through the bagpipeband, Local 164 has been able to fur-ther distinguish itself as a leader intoday’s labor movement.

DAVID MILAZZO, PRES.

New Drug PolicyL.U. 176 (es,i,rts&spa), JOLIET, IL—

On April 18 the Local 176 RetireesClub installed a new President. Bro.Mickey Jackson passed the gavel tonew Retirees Club Pres. Edward Voss.After the ceremony, a luncheon ofprime rib was served. It is always apleasure to spend time with our

retirees and to hear about their travels.Our work picture looks good for

the near future, with some of the samejobs that we have been reporting onstill ongoing.

Local 176 will soon be enacting adrug policy throughout the Local.Nowhere is the need for safety morecritical than on a construction job. Theintent of this policy is to get the neces-sary help to those who would other-wise not get it. These policies havehelped other locals in their efforts tosupply a quality work force, and Local176 can do nothing less than help ourmembers maintain a safe work site.The commitment for a safe job starts atthe referral desk. It is the wish of theLocal 176 officers and staff that all ourmembers retire and be able to enjoythat retirement.

PAUL EWING, P.S.

90th AnniversaryL .U . 177 (bo ,ees , i ,mo&pet ) ,

JACKSONVILLE, FL—On April 27,Local 177 held its 90th Anniversaryand Service Pin Celebration at thePrime F. Osborn Convention Center inJacksonville, FL. Professional imper-sonators of Garth Brooks, Tina Turner,Reba McIntyre and Shania Twain pre-formed and awarded the service pinsto our members. Bus. Mgr. Eddie L.Dedmon and Pres. Russell Harper pre-sented 65-year service pins to Bros. A.L. White and Ward Pool. IBEW FifthDistrict International Vice PresidentMelvin Horton was the guest speaker.Special thanks to Lisa M. Stuart for allher hard work in making this event ahuge success.

Bus. Mgr. Eddie L. Dedmonrecently participated in the “BA Work-day” in which the business managerreported to a job, received his workassignment and put in a full eight


The 19th Annual Retirement Semi-nar was another success, with 300members and wives attending. TrustFund Administrator Russell Sheehanand Fin. Sec. Chuck Monahan, alongwith tax attorneys and financial plan-ners, discussed items such as new taxlaws, Social Security, Medicaid andother important retirement issues.

The 20th Annual Sports Night was ahuge success with the journeymen win-ning both the hockey and basketballgames. Special thanks to Danny O’Sulli-van and Mike O’Connell for their con-tinued work organizing this event.

BILL MOLINEAUX, P.S.

42 Years of GrowthL.U. 108 (ees,em,es,lctt,mar,mt,

rtb,rts,s,spa,t&u), TAMPA, FL—At theApril 17 annual shareholders meetingof our largest employer, Tampa Electric,the company CEO commented on theunprecedented challenges of the year2001. Mr. Fagan reported that TECOdid very well despite the adverse busi-ness environment that was caused bythe September 11 attack, the Enron col-lapse, and the national recession. The2002 stock dividend was increased forthe 42nd consecutive year to almost 3percent. Earnings per share were up 14percent, net income up 21 percent, andthe return on equity was 17 percent.Mr. Fagan also reported that the com-pany’s long-term strategy is sound, andthat focus will remain on owning andoperating tangible assets.

The Local 108 charity golf tourna-ment sold out with 64 teams. The GolfCommittee did an excellent job. Specialthanks go to committee chairmanRobert Smith and all committee mem-bers.

Indiantown Water/Waste Water Com-pany employees have ratified their firstcontract. Sensor System and PullmanHolt agreements have also been ratified.

Nominations for Local 108 officerswere accepted at the May general meet-ing, with elections scheduled June 8.

DOUG BOWDEN, P.S.

New Hall LocationL.U. 111 (em,lctt,mt,o,rtb,spa&u),

DENVER, CO—As time moves on, sodoes our membership. I hate to admitit, but we must say good-bye to thosewho can retire and welcome the new.

Recently, I was fortunate to presentBro. Richard “Butch” Salzman his retire-ment pin for 38 years of IBEW service.Butch has been a journeyman linemanwith our local since the 1960s, and Ihave personally had the opportunity towork with him on a few projects. Butchserved our local well and was avail-able—for numerous contractors—when

the local needed help to maintain thework within our jurisdiction. Butch wasa hell of a hand in our local, and hisfriends will surely miss him. We con-gratulate and wish him all the best for along and happy retirement.

As changes go, so goes our officelocated at the Denver Labor Center,360 Acoma St., Denver, CO. This hasbeen our home since 1954, but theaging building and loss of other uniontenants have forced us to make thisdecision. The new building, a two-story brick structure, is currently beingrented to an outside firm on a month-to-month basis, who will vacate oncewe have sold our existing Local Unionhall. Our new location will be at 5965E. 39th Ave., Denver, CO.

Work safe, and attend your Unitmeetings.

JOHN L. DAVIS, P.S.

Elections Coming UpLocal 124 (ees,em,i,mar,rts,se& spa),

KANSAS CITY, MO—The August pri-maries and November general electionswill be upon us soon. As IBEW mem-bers, we must continue to elect labor-friendly candidates to protect and fightfor working men and women’s rights.

We have proven in the past thatour votes do make a difference, andthere will be several contested races inthe House and Senate. The outcomeof these elections will determine thebalance in the House and Senate,which will also determine if the assaulton labor and working families contin-ues. While we are focused on the fed-eral elections, let’s also continue tosupport those labor-friendly candidatesat the local and state level. So becomeinformed, join your PAC and register tovote!

We remember the followingdeceased members: Robert Barnes, Jr.,Donald Bartholomew, Edward Beds-worth, Leslie Belzer, George “Stan”Brown, William W. Davis, Frank R. Eck-ert, James Krstolich, Leonard Lange,John C. Mathews, Sr., Grant J. Palmer,Marion “Slick” Selecman and Delmar R.Thornton.

Congratulations to the followingretired members: Charles Baker,Charles Bott, Leon H. Cooper, HaroldF. Ewing, Jr., Richard Gifford, BladenHadley, Sr., Grant D. Hilburn, WilliamD. Morgan, Ronald G. Ping, JamesRobrahn, George W. Smiley, Roy G.Taylor and Henry O. Vaughn.

RUDY CHAVEZ, P.S.

Pickup Used As Rescue ChairL.U. 125 (lctt,o&u) PORTLAND,

OR—Four Bonneville Power Adminis-tration (BPA) employees from Chehalis,

WA, were honored with IBEW Life Sav-ing Awards. They also received the BPAAdministrator’s Excellence Award fortheir efforts.

On April 11, 2001, the crew wasclearing trees along the right-of-waynear Naselle, WA, when JourneymanLineman John Hester, Sr., was struck inthe head by an alder branch. Journey-man Linemen Dennis Ray and TonyJacobs, Apprentice Lineman ScottWilliams, and Equipment OperatorDavid Reynolds performed an innova-tive rescue. They secured Hester,cleared a path to him with a Caterpillar,then winched a pickup truck downhill,placed Hester on the seat of thepickup, and winched the pickup backup the hill as the local ambulancearrived at the remote location.

Hester was diagnosed with a frac-tured fifth cervical vertebra and is cur-rently on light duty. Doctors said thecareful rescue saved him from perma-nent paralysis or death.

The IBEW Life Saving Award waspresented to the four honorees onOct. 19, 2001, in Chehalis. The BPAaward was presented to them March 7,2002, in Portland.

We currently have 33 linemen onBook I, but transmission work isexpected to pick up substantially thissummer.

MARC ANDERSON, P.S.

March of Dimes WalkL.U. 131 (i,rtb,rts&spa), KALAMA-

ZOO, MI—At this writing, the workpicture is slow, but is showing signs ofpicking up as we head into early sum-mer. We now have 95 members onBook I and 300 members on Book II.The Convert Co-Gen Power Plant isstill very slow to man up, and at thiswriting, the main contract has still notbeen awarded.

The March of Dimes Walk Americawas held on May 4 in KalamazooCounty. This is a great fund-raiser thathelps premature babies have a fightingchance for life. Special thanks to Bro.Chris Horvat for organizing our part inthis important community project.Thanks to all who participated ordonated.

The local sends heartfelt condo-lences to the families of Bros. DickEmmons, Charlie Scott and Gil Parker,who recently passed away.

MARK SZEKELY, P.S.

Rally at the CapitolL.U. 134 (catv,em,govt,i,mt,rtb,

rts,spa&t), CHICAGO, IL—Work in

Cook County has slowed considerably,with only the promise of seasonalschool work to appease the appetitesfueled by the recent long run of fullemployment. Projects waiting in thewings are the Soldier Field renovation,the new line and Parts Park at theFord plant, and whatever amount ofwork the Republicans decide to let theworkingman have at O’Hare Field.

Bus. Mgr. Michael Fitzgerald andPres. Edward Buettner led a group ofmore than 750 local brothers and sis-ters to a Labor Rally at the Springfield,IL, State Capitol on April 23. Our localvoiced concern over issues regardingmedical insurance, workers’ compen-sation, job safety and prevailing wage.These issues are important to everyworking person, and the legislators ofthis state need to know that we arewatching them and that we will bevoting in November.

As a safety issue, silicosis will bethe asbestos of the new millennium.Over 250 people a year are dying fromthis malady that affects the lungs.Watch for more information on silicadust exposure to be published in ourNews and Views.

Work safe, and buy union.RICHARD C. RIOUX, R.S.

Two Stalled ProjectsL.U. 141 (ees,i,o&u), WHEELING,

WV—Work in our area has leveled offa bit, and the SCR job at Mitchell PowerStation and a new power house to bebuilt by Cogentrix have both beenpostponed indefinitely. Membersrecently began working on a large fed-eral building expansion in Wheelingand a prototype building for theWheeling Outlets.

At this writing in late May, negotia-tions are nearly over. Nominations ofofficers are forthcoming, with electionsin June.

Our Credit Union recently held itsannual dinner and elections. Specialthanks to Bro. John Jasinski for hisefforts.

Congratulations to our newest wire-men. They are Ernest “Mungo”Anthony, Bob Arrick, Frank Gregorcic,Dan Greschner, Greg Heslop, BradLucas, Jim Meeker, Art Oakland, HiramPelley and Coleman Perry.

Thanks to the volunteers who pick-eted at the new Arbys that was beingwired nonunion.

Our condolences to the family ofBro. Albert Rinkes, who recentlypassed away. He will be sorely missed.

TOM CONNER, P.S.


New Jersey Governor James McGrevey marches with the Local 164, JerseyCity, NJ, Pipe and Drum Corps at the annual Hoboken, NJ, St. Patrick’s Dayparade.

Local 125, Portland, OR, Bonneville Line Foreman I Tom Grover, far right,presents the IBEW Life Saving Award to Line Equipment Operator DavidReynolds. At center is John Hester, Sr., Journeyman Lineman who was res-cued. Other honorees are, from left, Journeyman Lineman Dennis Ray,Apprentice Lineman Scott Williams and Journeyman Lineman Tony Jacobs.

Local 111, Denver, CO,Bro. Richard “Butch”Salzman, second fromright, shows his 38-year service pin. Withhim are, from left,Dispatcher Bruce L.Davis, Adm. AssistantGretchen Cummingsand Organizer SeanMcCarville.

Local 177, Jacksonville, FL, Bus.Mgr. Eddie L. Dedmon presentsguest speaker Fifth Dist. Int. VicePres. Melvin Horton with a specialmemento of the 90th Anniversaryand Service Pin Celebration.

Local 176, Joliet, IL, Bro. MickeyJackson, right, passes the gavel tonew Retirees Club Pres. EdwardVoss.

through August 4 at the DeschutesCounty Fair in Redmond, and anotherat the Oregon State Fair in Salem onSaturday, August 24. Come on downand volunteer a few hours to meetpeople and give out information on ourtrade and political action.

Career and job fairs at middle andhigh schools are always asking us tocome in and give information onapprenticeship and unions. If youwould like to give a presentation onour industry, the hall has informationthat you can use to pass out to stu-dents who want to know how you can“Earn While You Learn.”

Please have a great summer, and ifyou would like to volunteer to helpout, call (541) 812-1771.

JERRY FLETCHER, P.S.

New Business ManagerL.U. 291 (i,o,rtb&rts), BOISE, ID—

Int. Pres. W. A. Jackson granted Local291, Boise, ID, its IBEW charter onJuly 25, 1902, and we will be celebrat-ing our 100th anniversary at the BoiseCenter on the Grove on Saturday, Sep-tember 7. All members and those whohave traveled through and helped usover the years are welcome to join thefestivities. Thanks to the 100-YearCommittee for organizing this event.Please call the hall for detailed infor-mation.

Congratulations to our new Bus.Mgr./Fin. Sec. Aaron White and toBenjamin Antunes on his appointmentas an Eighth District International Rep-resentative.

Congratulations also to our newjourneyman graduates. They are DaleAdney, Rupert Ambrose, Jason Ander-son, Roger Bachman, David Baugh,Nathan Berry, Kelly Billings, ThomasBriner, Kevette Dittli, John Egerman,Paul Francios, Cheryl Freeman, MathewGeldert, Keri Gibbs, Jeremiah Goins,Duke Hurst, Ed Huskey, Jason Keen,Mathew Kelly, James Lanham, DavidLarmer, Craig McDonald, MichaelMcKee, David Milner, Anthony Moran,John Ostolasa, Patrick Price, Loren Ram-sey, Jason Riley, Joe Schneehagen,Vickie Shangle, Gary Weber, CaseyWilde, James Rob Willis and JulianYoung. Local 291 wishes you all thebest in your careers.

Special thanks to Int. Vice Pres. JonF. Walters for his time and efforts onpioneering his “Code of Excellence”program here in Local 291.

JOE SCHNEEHAGEN, P.S.

Elite WorkforceL.U. 295 (em,i,o,rtb,rts,spa&u), LIT-

TLE ROCK, AR—The slogan of ourimage building advertising campaign is“Hire a Real Professional.”

Congratulations to the apprenticeclass of 2002. They are part of thiselite workforce. Graduating this yearare Greg Cheshier, Tracy Dolan,Johnny Hendrickson, Buddy Hinshaw,Jeff Koonce, Josh Norwood, JamesSorrells and Michael Wall. Everyoneshould encourage these graduates tocontinue to gain knowledge and skillsof the trade and to be dedicated,active union members.

I hope everyone enjoyed the foodand fellowship at the local union pic-nic. It was another great success, andit’s always a pleasure to see all of ourretired members.

BOBBY THORNTON, ASST.B.M./ORGANIZER

Moment of SilenceL .U. 309 ( i , l c t t ,o , r t s , spa&u) ,

COLLINSVILLE, IL—Please join us in amoment of silence to honor our mem-bers who passed away last year. Theyare Everett L. Bain (journeyman treetrimmer), George M. Bogue, KennethRipley (journeyman linemen), WayneW. Emge, Richard P. Schulz, Terry J.Corbitt (journeyman wiremen), andThomas W. Meyer (journeyman arma-ture winder).

We congratulate the following mem-bers who retired in 2001: Eldon F.DePew (journeyman lineman), RonaldW. McCaw, Robert L. Onori, George A.Sanders, Jr., and William M. Wood(journeyman wiremen).

Planning continues for the local’s100th anniversary festivities this sum-mer. A special thank you to our retiredmembers who have been instrumentalin bringing it all together.

Negotiations with Illinois PowerCompany and with line clearance con-tractors are ongoing. The local willhold its elections in early June.

MIKE FAUST, P.S.

Apprentice GraduationL.U. 313 (i&spa), WILMINGTON,

DE—The Delaware Building Tradescouncil and the affiliated contractorsfor the Delaware Contractors Associa-tion (CONDEL) sponsored this year’sapprentice graduation ceremony andbanquet. Invited guests included Gov.Ruth Ann Minner, Lt. Gov. John C.Carney, Jr., and keynote speaker

Delaware Secretary of Labor Harold E.Stafford.

Thi r ty - two new journeymenreceived plaques and IBEW watches.Bro. James W. Beatson was presentedthe Edward E. “Teddy” Bergeron, Jr.Memorial Award, given to the topapprentice in the class. Bros. JamesBeatson and Robert Lepowski had per-fect attendance for three years. Specialrecognition goes to Bro. Daniel Merrillwho had perfect attendance, not miss-ing a class in the entire 5-year program.

The rest of this year’s class areMichael P. Ashback, Scott I. Carroll,James J. Feeley, David L. Franklin,Thomas L. Jacobs, Mark A. LeRoy, Cor-rie Dawson, Christopher G. Fortmuller,Joseph A. Herlihy, Eddie A. Lesniczak,John W. Mitchell, Jr., Edward S. Norek,Brian M. Panico, R. Christopher Pierce,Wayne F. Rineer, Jr., Mark E. Roberts,

Glendon C. Rollo, Dominic P. Sarro,Christopher F. Scott, Kevin F. Speak-man, II, Randy G. Spencer, Michael G.Sroka, Kevin B. Street, F. ThomasStubbs, Andrew R. Vespe, Lewis D.Willis, Richard P. Money, Christopher J.Reed and Robin Ascione. Congratula-tions to all!

RICHARD R. WAGNER JR., P.S.

Contract RatifiedL.U. 317 (i,o,rts,t&u), HUNTING-

TON, WV—On May 7 the body votedto ratify a new three-year contract. Itwas great to see nearly 100 membersat the meeting. One substantial changeis the 40-hour call to a 14-day shortcall.

Work on the new apprenticeshipbuilding is progressing, with hopes of

holding classes there in the fall. Con-gratulations to our recent graduates.

We recently hosted the Fourth Dis-trict Progress Meeting. It was good tohave the business managers and rep-resentatives as guests at our dinnerdance. The dance was a big success.Service pins were given out to thosewith 30 years or more of service. Con-gratulations to all.

Our Credit Union held their annualmeeting in April. It is growing welland several new services have beenstarted. Be sure to get your IBEWCredit Union credit card and open upa share draft (checking) account.Home equity loans should start soon.

The annual picnic will be held July21 at Cabell County 4-H Camp. Itshould be bigger and better than lastyear, with lots of activities planned forthe kids.

I caught this picture of a rat at theTarget site. Substandard wages andpoor working conditions always bringthem out.

TED KINDER, P.S.

Retirees HonoredL.U. 351 (c,cs,i,it,lctt,mt,o,se,spa &t),

FOLSOM, NJ—The officers, office staffand members wish to extend congratu-lations to all our members who retiredthis past year. These retirees were hon-ored during our April general meetingand received IBEW watches. We wishthem the very best in their retirementand encourage them to stay active inour Local. We hope they will continueto attend our union meetings and spe-cial events throughout the year.

DANIEL COSNER, P.S.


hours work with our brothers and sis-ters on the Kernan Road school pro-ject that currently employees 33electricians and apprentices. Bro. Ded-mon installed 3 1/2-inch conduit anddonated his workday pay to the Local177 Distress Fund. Bro. Dedmon par-ticipates in the “BA Workday” monthlyto stay in touch with member issuesand to support the Distress Fund.

RUSSELL HARPER, P.S.

A Big ProblemL.U. 196 (govt,mt,o,t&u), ROCK-

FORD, IL—Our outside constructionwork is very slow. We are holding ourown with a few streetlight projects,and some of our municipals are bid-ding out work.

We have a very big problem withthe Operating Engineers wanting totake over our outside work. We werealmost into a hearing under theNational Labor Relations Act (NLRA)over the operation of equipment onutility property by our outside contrac-tors. The Operating Engineers finallydid write a disclaiming letter thatavoided a hearing. If you get into oneof these hearings under Section 10(k)of the NLRA, be sure that you have thecontractors on your side—this is a veryimportant strategy. Sixth Dist. Int. VicePres. Lawrence “Pat” Curley is aware ofthis problem and has appointed a Mar-ket Recovery Committee.

We have been negotiating with theCity of Geneva. The City is not willingto come up with any money for ourlineman to keep up with the cost ofliving in Geneva.

We settled the City of St. Charlescontract and have a four-year agree-ment, with a 5.16 percent increase thefirst year, 4 percent the second andthird years, and 3.5 percent the fourthyear, with very few other changes.

After a long dedicated battle, wealso tied up a contract with HenshueConstruction Co. for some undergrounddistribution work in Naperville, IL.

ED MINGS, B.M./F.S.

Promising FutureL.U. 231 (i,rtb,spa&u), SIOUX CITY,

IA—The work picture is currently slow,but the future looks promising for newconstruction in our area. Sioux City hasa few big projects on the horizon,including a new Super Target, Lowe’s,Home Depot, a new civic center and afew other smaller stores that may fol-low them in. Let’s hope all of these jobsgo union and that the rest of the nationcan come back from these economi-cally trying times.

Local 231, in conjunction with Local222 of the United Food and Commer-cial Workers, adopted a section of roadand once a month gather some ener-getic folks to pick up trash. Our thanksto those who take time out of theirbusy lives to participate in the highwaycleanup project. Special thanks to DonKessler, retired city electrical inspector,who also joined the cleanup crew thislast time out. This crew meets once amonth. Please get involved—the morepeople on the crew, the faster and eas-ier the job is.

We mourn the loss of Bro. TimothyMurry, who passed away on April 8.Bro. Murry was a devoted IBEW mem-ber for 55 years, serving as presidentand business manager. Local 231extends our deepest sympathy andcondolences to his family and friends.

TROY SKOKAN, P.S.

Top Apprenticeship ProgramL.U. 236 (catv,ees,govt,i,mo,rtb &t),

ALBANY, NY—Congratulations to theJATC apprenticeship class of 2002graduates. We wish them all the best.

While we congratulate the class onpassing this milestone, it is also impor-tant to thank the instructors for theirdedication and service to our mem-bers. Our instructors ease the appre-hension and insecurity of the earlyapprentice years. As apprentices wehave all encountered the individualstyles and idiosyncrasies of journey-men on the job, and it is the peoplebehind the classroom desk who put itin perspective for us.

Several of our local nonunion con-tractors boast of their apprenticeshipprogram, which usually consists ofpulling wire by day and attendingvocational school at night. Our pro-gram is designed and tailored to com-plement the apprentice’s growth tojourneyman, and no one can match it.Our instructors weave the on the jobexperience with the necessary theoryand do it with a personal touch. Weare very proud of our program andour instructors.

Special thanks to JATC Dir. StuartSillars, Asst. Dir. Richard Cataldo, sec-retaries Joan Parow and Jeanette Peck,and Instructors Kerry Chesterfield,Martin Foley, David Hastings, TimothyHowes, Todd Masterson, MarkMcGarry, Robert O’Keefe, TimothyPotter, James Rubino, Duane Thoring-ton and Anthony VanSchaack.

MICHAEL V. DOYLE, P.S.

Members Win Council SeatsL.U. 269 (i&o), TRENTON, NJ—In

order for a union to become a playerin the political arena, you must getyour members involved in the localcommunities. This means gettingmembers appointed to PlanningBoards, Zoning Boards, or even run-ning for office in those communities.

This past election, two of our mem-bers were elected to Council seats inHamilton Township and Fieldsboro.The support of our membership in get-ting out the vote had a major impact as

Bro. Jonathan Norcross won a Councilseat in Fieldsboro and Bro. WayneDeAngelo took one in Hamilton Town-ship. Not only did Wayne win a seat onthe Council, he was the highest votegetter. How about them apples! It onlygoes to show, when your membershipis involved—anything can happen.

On a Saturday in April, 22 membersworked on the Mercer County VietnamVeterans Memorial at Mercer CountyPark. Our members put in a total of271 man-hours, putting to good use thegenerous contribution of donated mate-rial by our local contractors. The dedi-cation ceremony was held on May 4.Thanks to Local 269 and all the broth-ers and sisters who made this dream areality. Special thanks also to our localcontractors for their generosity.

MICHAEL MARCIANTE, P.S.

Longtime Service AwardsL.U. 278 (em,govt,i&o), CORPUS

CHRISTI, TX—Scott Electric, Inc.recently completed wiring the corpo-rate offices and recording studios forFreddie Records in Corpus Christi, TX.

Freddie Records is a locally ownedrecording company that records anddistributes Tejano style music. Severalartists who record for Freddie Recordsare internationally known and havewon Grammy awards in the Latin cate-gory.

Corpus Christi is proud to haveFreddie Records in its community, andLocal 278 is proud of its members forwiring this state-of-the-art facility. Spe-cial thanks to Bro. Norman “Buster”Higgins, who ran the job.

Service pins were recently awarded.Congratulations to 60-year recipientWalter C. Schulle, 55-year recipientsLoye B. McMinn, Malcolm J. Smith andWilfred B. Truax and 50-year recipi-ents Kyle S. Budd, Steve A. Buzas,John M. DeLane, Robert L. Duncan,Jack K. Farmer, Edward Gutierrez,Norvelle “Curley” Johnston, George S.Kincaid, Eugene J. Postert, Jr., John H.Ridenour and Stanley H. Summers.

Brothers and Sisters, if we aregoing to survive as a viable union, wemust continue to organize. Contact theOrganizing Department and ask whatyou can do to help.

MIKE CARRANCO, PRES.

Volunteers NeededL.U. 280 (c,ees,em,es,i,mo,mt,rts

&st), SALEM, OR—Summer is hereand Local 280 has picnics, fairs, careerbooths and other activities that alwayscould use a hand. The picnics for thissummer will be at Hollingshead Parkin Bend on Sunday, July 28 fromnoon to 5:00 p.m., and the other willbe at Avery Park in Corvallis on Sep-tember 14.

Local 280 will also be doing two fairbooths. One will go from July 30


Local 236, Albany, NY, class of 2002 apprenticeship graduates.

Local 291, Boise, ID, 100-Year Committee members are,from left, front row,Bus. Mgr. Fin. Sec. Aaron White, Dan Gamboa, Richard Greenup, JoeSchneehagen, Greg Oyama, Keri Gibbs, Lonny Wearin, Eighth Dist. Int.Rep. Benny Antunes and Dawn Walsh, and back row, Larry Wearin, MichaelGregory, Mark Zaleski, Dea Roth, Herb Churruca and Tammy Harris. Local 351, Folsom, NJ, retirees were honored at the April general meeting.

Local 269, Trenton, NJ, members who worked on the Mercer CountyVietnam Veterans Memorial at Mercer County Park.

Local 278,Corpus Christi,TX, members,from left, GlennKelly, RichardMota, Jo AnnGarcia, DavidCantu, Pres.Mike Carrancoand Albert Velaworked on theFreddie Recordsproject. (Notpictured isNorman“Buster”Higgins).

Local 317, Huntington, WV, members participated in the Tri-State BuildingTrades informational picket at the Target site.

Local 313, Wilmington, DE, apprentice graduates.

Class of 2002L.U. 456 (i&o), NEW BRUNSWICK,

NJ—We have just graduated 35 jour-neymen wiremen and four teledatatechnicians. We congratulate and wishthem well in their careers.

The Edward J. Fofrich MemorialAward was presented to Bros. CharlesJ. Spicuzzo and Garrett Messick formaintaining the highest grade pointaverage. The 2002 inductees for theNational Vocational/Technical HonorSociety are Garrett Messick, RobertSekerak, Arthur Szpindor, CatherineGallagher, Mark Mezger and Charles J.Spicuzzo. Congratulations to all.

We remember the followingdeceased members: Eugene Mc-Laughlin, Sr., Frederick Adams,Stephen Martiak, Sr., Anthony Carrino,Carmine Inzetta and Robert Posner.

The June fishing trip was a greatsuccess. The next fishing trip is sched-uled for August 10.

The spring get-together in May wasalso a great success. Longtime mem-bers were honored and presented withyears of service awards. Congratula-tions to 60-year recipients Thomas A.Egan and Arne Rasmussen, 55-yearrecipients Arthur Zboyan and MichaelChencharick and 50-year recipientBernard S. Buck, Jr.

The committee members flawlesslyran both of these affairs and deservethe thanks of the entire membership.Remember to attend union meetingsheld on the fourth Tuesday of eachmonth.

Note from Pres. Mike McLaughlin:Sister Catherine Gallagher was thisyear’s class valedictorian and had per-fect attendance for five years.

CATHY GALLAGHER, P.S.

Learn About CandidatesL.U. 459 (ees,em,so&u), JOHN-

STOWN, PA—We saw another primaryelection turn to negative campaigninghere in Pennsylvania. Now that theprimaries are over, we must look tosee which candidates support workingfamilies. It is hard to believe in a statewith a large union population that wedo not have more elected officialswho support working families. Weneed to educate our members andfamilies on which candidates are ourtrue friends.

Many people will vote for a candi-date for a single issue, or for theirstance on a recreational issue; thenonce elected, the person will supportlegislation to take money and benefitsout of the workers pocket. Companiesare smart; what they cannot get fromus at the bargaining table, they gettheir elected friends to take awaythrough legislation. Many battles wehave with companies are because of

our apathy and for not paying atten-tion to the legislative process.

We need all our members to getregistered to vote, and to pay attentionand educate themselves on the issuesthat affect working families. We alsoneed our members to encourage theirfamilies and friends to support thecandidates that support us.

MICHAEL D. WELSH, PRES./ASST.BUS. MGR.

Big Job Winds DownL.U. 461 (i,rts&spa), AURORA, IL—

We had hoped to have full employ-ment by now, but as of this writing westill have a handful of members on ourBook I. However, we hope and planto be able to put some traveling mem-bers to work fairly soon.

Our jurisdiction’s biggest singleproject ever, the Minooka Co-GenPower Station, is practically finishedand online.

There is always a feeling of sadnessas a big job winds down, isn’t there?The job and crew trailers will be emp-tied out and hauled away. Theinevitable layoffs of all the manycraftspeople involved in the diversesystems of such a facility make us real-ize that our part of the job is done.From now on the technicians will bein charge of generating and deliveringthe electrical power which fuels indus-try and lights homes.

We the union construction workersof this nation just want the world toknow that we build ‘em and we build‘em right.

We had eight father and son teamson the job. We thank all of our broth-ers and sisters who helped bring thejob to fruition. See you on the next bigone.

BOB YOUNG, P.S.

Honorary MembershipL.U. 479 (i&u), BEAUMONT, TX—

The Beaumont JATC was well repre-sented by Bro. Doug LaHaye at theIBEW-NECA Inside Apprenticeship

Contest held in March in San Antonio,TX. We thank Bro. LaHaye for hiscommitment and hard work in prepar-ing for this contest. Congratulations fora job well done.

Glenn Morgan, of the Reaud, Mor-gan and Quinn Law Firm, was pre-sented with an honorary membershipto IBEW Local 479. We congratulateand thank him for his efforts on behalfour local.

The apprenticeship school held itsannual softball tournament in April.The event was well attended and ourbrothers, sisters and families had agreat time. Congratulations to Bro.Luke Henderson’s class, the defendingchampions for 2002. Special thanks to

Bro. Rickey Hicks for a job well donein organizing the annual event.

Members attended an organizingseminar the first week in April, and allin attendance were well schooled inthe art of organizing. Thanks to allwho participated.

Until next time, remember the “B”in IBEW, and God bless the USA.

TONY HOLLIER, V.P.

New OrganizerL.U. 488 (i&mt), BRIDGEPORT,

CT—We are proud to announce thatBro. Peter Carroll is our new orga-nizer. Bro. Carroll has been a member

and involved in this local for 30 years.He will be working closely with Bro.Robert Carraro at the CLMCC office.

COMET training will also be one ofBro. Carroll’s duties, along with JATCDir. Michael D’Amico and me. We willbe calling on members who have notyet attended COMET training. OurLocal 488 apprentices completed theirtraining in April.

Some of our upcoming work willbe completed under Project LaborAgreements (PLA). PLAs are importantto our livelihood and enable ourtowns and cities to keep jobs on timeand under budget. Visit your city andtown halls, meet with the politiciansthat represent you and ask them to

support PLAs. It’s a win-win situationfor everyone.

If you have Internet access and arenot signed up for the IBEW PrivateCommunity, you are missing a fun andinformative time, with many discus-sion boards and a chat room to talkwith members from all over NorthAmerica. Go to www.ibew.org andenter “Private Community” for infor-mation on how to sign up.

Members are encouraged to meetour retired members at their monthlymeetings on the fourth Tuesday ofeach month at the Lake Forest ClubHouse at 11 a.m. in Bridgeport.

WILLIAM T. COLE, III, P.S.

Licensing LegislationL.U. 494 (em,i,mt,rts&spa), MIL-

WAUKEE, WI—On March 6, membersjoined about 100 IBEW members at theMadison State Capitol to show supportof the Electrical Licensing Bill SB-470.IBEW member and State Rep. Lee Mey-erhofer introduced this important legis-lation requiring the licensing ofconstruction electricians working inWisconsin. Local 494 solidly standswith Bro. Meyerhofer in support of thisbipartisan consumer and worker safetymeasure. The measure passed in theSenate (25-8), but was not considered


Congratulations, GraduatesL.U. 357 (c,i&o), LAS VEGAS, NV—

The word of the day is “COMET” andit’s streaking across the local union.Thanks to members Janell Bong, JeffHirsch, Sherman Ray, Mickey Miles,William Beaudoin, Ed Gering, FrankKimball, Bill Poma, Linda Farmer, TomLawler, Sue Davis, Bill Quiett, MarkMooney and Dale Walsh, who all par-ticipated in the COMET Train theTrainer Course. COMET classes arebeing offered once a month, so callthe hall and get signed up.

We are proud of the 62 graduatingapprentices. They are Jason Adair, Ken-neth Baer, Michael Baer, Jared Bell,Michael Blad, Luis Blanker, Jenell Bong,Roger Cavallo, Aaron Chastain, JamesChitwood, Christopher Chow, CrystalColvin, Philip Cordova, Troy Crooks,Richard Demelo, Ralph Dowd, RyanFeeley, Phil Ferrer, Brian Fitzpatrick,John Gehner, Jacqueline Greener, DavidGraymountain, Patricia Gwaltney,Christopher Haberland, Troy Hanson,Cynthia Harper, Jay Hinegardner,Obadele Hogan, Kevin Holliman,Robert House, Raymond Johnson, Tir-rell Johnson, Mary Keen, Dan Kostu-chowski, Robert Krmpotich, Jeff Magyar,Schuyler Mallow, LaVar Maxwell, MikeMenor, Greg Miller, William Murray,Dennis O’Neil, Dan Peyton, AnthonyPinto, Jeff Ringor, James Robertson, Jr.,Cabel Ross, Juan Ruiz, Dan Sanders,Robert Schumann, Zachary Shenk,Jason Sondrol, Valari Spence, MichelleStewart, Zsolt Szep, Jesus Taylan, MarkThomas, Leah Vanden Broeck, ArniWilliams, Matthew Wilson, Jeffrey Win-ters and Michael Wisniewski.

DALE WALSH, P.S.

Training AcademyL.U. 363 (catv,em,govt,i,t,u&ws),

NEW CITY, NY—At this writing, con-struction is well underway for our newbuilding in Harriman, NY, with con-crete floors being poured and thestructural steel one third complete.The building is centrally located to ourlocal union area.

The school will consist of 10 class-rooms and a college-style elevated lec-ture room for informational seminars.

This lecture room will be used foreducating the general and corporatepublic on what Local 363 can offer inproviding fully qualified electriciansand telephone and data professionals.A welding shop and high voltagesplicing, motor control, pipe bendingand computer labs will be availablefor individual training. We will alsohave two manholes installed in theschool to teach and practice confinedspace and safe entry and exit proce-dures.

A telephone and data lab withhands-on training stations is alsoplanned. The telecommunication lab isdesigned to be a BICSI-certified train-ing site comparable to the one cur-rently in our Newburgh facility.

Other school areas will be adapt-able to accommodate special trainingas necessary. A large meeting hall isalso planned for the approximately23,000 square-foot building. We willrelocate our Newburgh facility to theHarriman location in time for the startof the September classes.

TIMOTHY POULIN, P.S.

Better Weather, More WorkL.U. 364 (catv,ees,em,es,i,mt,rts&

spa), ROCKFORD, IL—Labor unionshistorically, and in present day, owetheir existence to the collective actionof its members. This past spring, Local364 members, along with membersfrom the Illinois labor community,took part in the Illinois AFL-CIO LaborLobby Day and Solidarity Rally. Theevent is a chance for unionists enmasse to tell state legislators what isimportant to working families.

Local 364 recently participated inthe all union MDA Bowl-A-Thon toraise money for the fight against Mus-cular Dystrophy. Once again, Local364 raised the most contributions tohelp this crippling disease.

Work in our area is looking up aswarmer weather approaches. An eight-unit power plant project in the south-ern part of our jurisdiction, along withother large projects, promises to needour Book II sisters and brothers.

At this writing, Local 364 waspreparing for a visit from Int. Pres. Ed

Hill, who will be the guest speaker atthis year’s LMCC dinner. Hosting anI.O. president is an honor for ourlocal, and one that we have neverexperienced.

RAY PENDZINSKI, P.S.

Work Picking UpL.U. 369 (em,es,i,o,rtb,rts,spa&u),

LOUISVILLE, KY—Greetings Brothersand Sisters. At this writing, we are inthe negotiating process on severalagreements. Actually, we have cometo terms with the contractors on ourinside agreement and are getting readyto begin renegotiating the local areaaddendum to the national teledataagreement.

Also on the plate is the initial con-tract with Charter Communications, alarge cable TV outfit that serves areasof south central Kentucky. Theiremployees voted for Local 369 repre-sentation some months back. Thisnegotiation has been everything AgentBill Callahan said it would be.

Charter Communications hired alawyer from New York to do every-thing but come to an agreement. So farthey have managed to commit numer-ous unfair labor practices and actuallytried to carve up the bargaining unit bysending some of the customer servicereps to a facility in another state.

Our construction work has startedto pick up, but it is a very slowprocess. At this writing, we havearound a dozen journeymen workingin open shops as salts. I hope to beable to give you some positive resultson this in months to come. Have asafe summer.

SCOTTY PULLIAM, P.S.

Congratulations, RetireesL.U. 387 (em,lctt&u), PHOENIX,

AZ—Bro. James A. Jones, electric ser-viceman A, is retiring on July 19, 2002,after 47 years with Arizona Public Ser-vice Company (APS). In his 47 yearsof service, Bro. James never had arecordable injury. His son, Mark, isalso a member of IBEW 387 and anemployee of APS. The family has along history of employment with APS,dating back to 1935. We wish him andhis wife, Alma, all the best.

Other retirees include Bro. Phil Fish,class A serviceman for Navopache Elec-tric Co-Op, on May 3, 2002, after 37years with Navopache. Bro. Ray John-son, journeyman lineman, fromNavopache Electric Co-Op, with 41years of service. We wish our brothersall the best on their retirement.

Negotiations have begun at GrahamCounty and we expect to have a con-tract vote soon.

Arizona Public Service Companyrecently announced plans to launch anin-depth review of the way they dobusiness, looking at processes, the useof technology and the organizationalstructure. APS states the ultimate goalis to establish a platform from whichto achieve the results the customers,shareholders and employees expect. A“Maximizing Business PerformanceTeam” has been named to recommendto the company leadership what types

of actions are best advised. The unionwill be involved in the review process.

REBEKAH FRIEND, P.S.

Our Own CandidateL.U. 441 (as,i,o&rts), SANTA ANA,

CA—After the November elections,Local 441 hopes to send one of ourown to the U.S. House of Representa-tives. Sister Linda Sanchez was recentlyvictorious in the primary as a Democratfor the newly formed 39th Congres-sional District. Sister Sanchez became amember of Local 441 almost five yearsago when she came to work as ourCompliance Officer. Prior to that, sheworked on the campaign for her sister,Loretta Sanchez, who is the 39th Dis-trict Congresswomen.

Chances are very good that Lindawill be victorious in November overher Republican opponent, and Local441 plans to do all we can to help. Sis-ter Sanchez recently spoke at the Con-struction Conference in Washington,DC, and was warmly received by thedelegates. They really liked it whenshe showed them her IBEW duesreceipt. We hear many politicians saytheir brother, dad, or uncle is a unionmember. Well, here is a politician whois a union member.

Another member who is helping toget the IBEW known in the commu-nity is Local 441 apprentice Bill Hilton.Bro. Hilton volunteered to head upour Christmas in April effort, wherewe work with other union trades tohelp needy and elderly residents withwork on their homes. Special thanksto Bill and his crew of volunteers forthe work in the community.

DOUG MANGIONE, P.S.

Day School for JATCL.U. 449 (catv,em,i,o,rtb,rts,spa &u),

POCATELLO, ID—Work is goingstrong, and we have also been able toput some travelers to work. We arelooking forward to another good yearfor our local.

We had our Apprentice CompletionBanquet in April and congratulate allthe graduates. The JATC implementeda day school this past fall and theapprentices have been very positiveabout the new format. Bro. SteveDrayton was hired as a full-timeinstructor and is doing a great job.

Third-year apprentice MichaelSheppard was killed in a one-carrollover on April 14. Our membershave shown a great deal of sympathyand support. We miss Mike and con-tinue to pray for his family as theydeal with this tragedy.

Our local was recently introducedto the “Code of Excellence” program.This program reinforces the workingvalues and standards that we shouldall strive to display on the job to ourcustomers and contractors. It also pro-vides methods to employ accountabil-ity on the job not only for ourmembers, but management as well.

Congratulations to recent retireesBros. Jeff Webb, John Dunn, RandyPeterson and Neils Christensen. Wewish them well.

NED JONES, PRES.


Steel being erected at the Local 363, New City, NY, new Harriman facility.

Local 357, Las Vegas, NV, JATC Instructors David Gay, back row, left, andTodd Morin, fourth row, right, with recent apprentice graduates.

Local 456, New Brunswick, NJ, class of 2002 graduates.

Local 479,Beaumont, TX,Bus. Mgr. DavidNobles, right andPres. Larry Moore,left, presentGlenn Morganwith an honorarymembership.

Some Local 461, Aurora, IL, members who worked on the Minooka Co-GenPower Station.

Local 488, Bridgeport, CT, members employed by Fastline Electric atWestfield Shopping Town Mall in Trumbull.

Michigan’s Republican majority law-makers have really done a stroke ofbusiness, and with months of negotiat-ing have brought this state out ofbeing in the least paid unemploymentcompensation in the Midwest, but onlyfor the first few weeks. In 1995, the$300 a week maximum was set—at atime when legislators set up payincreases annually so they get moremoney and benefits without voting.Seven years later, they have set thefirst week of out of work pay 60 tax-able dollars higher, but that decreasesthe longer one is off work.

Due to the uncertainty of healthcare cost increases, as of this writing Ihave no report on this year’s contractnegotiations. Meetings are plannedand, as of the early discussion, there isoptimism for no major hurdles. Don’texpect increases like our county andstate politicians get; we who wear outour body are not compensated likepencil pushers.

JOHN E. CLEMENS, P.S.

Buy Made in the USAL.U. 558 (catv,em,i,mt,o,rtb,rts,

spa&u), SHEFFIELD, AL—At this writ-ing, the new Toyota Plant job inHuntsville, AL, was really beginning toget underway. Cleveland has the elec-trical contract for this stage of the newplant. The fall should bring anotherstage for setting some of the equip-ment in the first phase of the building.

Keep in mind the upcoming LaborDay Rally in Spring Park in Tus-cumbia, AL. The IBEW members havealways beaten the other crafts in atten-dance, so make this year’s the biggestand best ever. We need to support theunion way of life.

Some of our members have helped

start a “BAC” campaign. What is “BAC”you ask? It is a “BUY AMERICANCAMPAIGN.” We need to supportunion labor and buy American madeproducts. We lose industry to othercountries everyday, and it is time toband together and say we want Amer-ica’s work back. For more informationon the “BAC” campaign contact RickWilson or Gene Tackett. A made inAmerica product list is being compiledfor our reference. Make a consciousdecision every time you shop. BUYMADE IN THE USA PRODUCTS!

Congratulations to the new appren-tice graduates! The banquet was heldon May 11 at the Florence CountryClub. As always Lynn and Bud did agreat job organizing the banquet, andwe thank them.

BELINDA PHILLIPS, P.S.

Right to Organize HearingL.U. 569 (i,mar,mt,o,rts&spa), SAN

DIEGO, CA—Local 569 members onceagain participated in Christmas inApril. Thanks to all our volunteers,and to the many contractors who pro-vided service trucks and materials forthe event.

Local 569 worked with the LaborCouncil and other affiliates to presenta “Right to Organize” hearing before apanel of community, faith and electedleaders. Five workers, including Local569 apprentice Josh Nunez, told theirpersonal stories of human rightsabuses suffered during organizing dri-vers. Union and community memberspacked the City Council chambers,and after the hearing panelists signeda pledge committing their support totake steps to ensure the “Right toOrganize” in our communities.

Congratulations to this year’s

apprentice graduates. They are JesseAlatorre, Francisco Alvarez, MichaelAtwater, Jason Bailey, Joel Basore,Cony Bernard, Michael Berrios, CurtisBoissonou, Gabriel Carapucci, Geof-frey Carlson, Mark Carrillo, DanielChappell, John Ciaffone, Gregg Clark,Michael Clark, Jason Cloyd, StevenCoffin, William Coyle, David Craven,Glenn Davis, Enrique Diaz, John Dud-ley, Jason Dysart, Brian Farr, Seth Gill,Pete Gregorio, Richard Hackett, LeeHayden, Richard Karpinski, ThomasKliegl, Benjamin Klingshirn, ManuelLozano, Jason Lucero, DanielMachain, Juan Mata, Jim McCormick,Jon McRae, Joseph Mitchell, JeremyNikodym, Christopher Oeland, WilliamOviatt, Jason Pemberton, Keith Poissot,Mark Pradels, Damen Raspolich,Shawn Rooney, Harold Ryden Jr., GerrySaucedo, Jason Smith, Daniel Sullivan,Steven Swartwood, Miguel Tapia, MattThompson, Jaime Valencia, Jason Vescoand Leo Zapata.

JEN BADGLEY, P.S.

Highly Qualified GraduatesL.U. 606 (em,es,i,rtb,spa&u),

ORLANDO, FL—Congratulations toour graduating apprentices. Theseapprentices are the first class to attendyear-round school. They finished thefive-year curriculum in four years.Each and every one of these new jour-neymen are highly qualified and will

be very productive IBEW members.Good luck to all, and God speed.

Our members built a very creativefloat for the 2002 St. Patrick’s Dayparade. Volunteers worked hard tobuild it, and showed unity and greatpride for the IBEW. Thanks to all thevolunteers. Participation in this paradehas grown to become one of thelargest in Orlando.

The Brotherhood picnic at the statepark in Cocoa was a huge success andraised a lot of money for the Brother-hood Fund. There was plenty of goodfood and fellowship thanks to the hardwork of Bros. George Carver, RalphKolesar, George Darby and GeorgeWynn.

JANET D. SKIPPER, P.S.

Safety CampL.U. 611 (catv,es,i,lctt,o,spa&u),

ALBUQUERQUE, NM—I recently hadthe opportunity to attend the PublicService Company of New MexicoNorth Central Safety Camp. The campbegan as a regular safety meeting inSanta Fe about seven years ago andhas now turned into a two and a halfday camp that includes Deming, Clay-ton and Las Vegas, and a few of theco-ops also participate. The Gas Com-pany was invited for the first time thisyear. Some of this year’s demonstra-tions included pole-top and bucketrescue, gas line blowing and an arc


by the Assembly before adjournment. Itwill return next session.

Political activism is a front-runnerevent for Local 494. The spring elec-tions illustrate why we cannot remainon the political sidelines. In twoimportant local races, candidatesstated that the opponent’s union mem-bership was a major reason not tovote for them. If the IBEW is to sur-vive, apathy is not an option.

Three Local 494 members steppedup to the plate to run for public officein the spring election and all were suc-cessful. Bro. Kurt Ritzka was reelectedto a second term on the West Milwau-kee Village Board. Bro. DennisO’Bryan won a trustee seat on theMukwonago Village Board, and JerryKeifenheim won a seat on the Fonddu Lac County Board. Also, Bro. Ken-neth Johnson continues to serve onthe Milwaukee Public Schools Boardof Directors. Thanks, Brothers.

LEON BURZYNSKI, P.S.

DOT ExemptionsL.U. 503 (t&u), MONROE, NY—The

Local continues to pursue the DOTexemptions in Albany for all utilitylocals. We hope to report a successfuloutcome by the next newsletter.

The Annual Local 503 Golf Outingwill be held September 13 at StonyfordGolf Course, Orange County. Watchfor fliers with detailed information.

We are currently fighting and testify-ing against the new air quality stan-dards which will cause major problemsat the Lovett Plant if put into effect.

Preparations of surveys for theupcoming negotiations with WarwickTelephone and Mirant are in progress.

MARY M. CASEY, P.S.

The Buck Stops HereL.U. 531 (i), LaPORTE, IN—The

local headlines tell how our business

manager, Chuck Edson, collided head-first with a deer while on his morning10-mile run. Chuck had just returnedfrom the Construction Conference andsaid he’s pretty sure the deer was aRepublican because it came out of thebushes.

Work is slow, but thanks to the sur-rounding Locals 176, 134 and 131, ourmembers have been weathering thestorm.

A special thank you to Local 103,Boston, MA, for helping Bro. JimFlynn during his loss.

The retirees meet on the secondWednesday of every other month.Attendance was down at the April 10meeting, but some of the snowbirdshad not returned from warmer cli-mates yet.

Nominations for Retirees Club offi-cers were held, and Pres. HermanReuer, Vice Pres. Ray Irons andSec./Treas. Dick Havlin ran unop-posed. The Executive Board membersare Bob Wright, Bob Morrisroe, JohnTalerico, John Meyer and BobSchroeder. Congratulations to all.

Bros. Howard Mitchell and DickGlassman are both recovering fromfalls. Both are doing well and we wishthem the best.

We invite all our retirees to join us atour next meeting on August 14 at theunion hall at 12 noon. A luncheon isserved, and attendees enjoy visitingwith past co-workers and friends.

Best wishes to all for a safe andhappy summer.

JIM SWITZER, P.S.

New JourneymenL.U. 540 (i), CANTON, OH—The

Local 540 officers and members wishto congratulate our recent Apprentice-ship and Training Program graduates.As you stand on the threshold ofaccepting the responsibilities of a

wireman, may you be granted theknowledge, vigor and fortitude to goforth and become a credit to thebrothers and sisters who have passedthis portal before you.

The graduates are: Inside—LouisBegue, Michael Bower, Ben Campbell,Mark Davis, Vonda Duncan, SteveHeather, Brad Justice, James Kovach,Charles Kramer, Mike Legg, Scott Lewis,Dan Neisel, Ryan Rothel, James Rum-berger, Joseph Sherwood, MatthewSherwood, Gregory Surbey and Bart

Weis; Residential—John Carpenter,Richard Fox, Brian Sears and Matt Tis-sot, and Telcom—Mike Dewalt, MattDugan, Michael Johnston, StephenMiller and Justin Snyder. The Klein ToolAwards for high grade point averagewent to fifth-year inside wireman BartWeis (98.7 percent), third-yearinstaller/technician Michael Johnson(95.2 percent) and third-year residentialwireman John Carpenter (97.2 percent).

MICHAEL McELFRESH, P.S.

It’s More Than MoneyL.U. 545 (em&i), ST. JOSEPH,

MO—Greetings Brothers and Sisters, Iwould like to issue a challenge, notonly to Local 545 members, but to allunion members across the UnitedStates and Canada. After attending aregular monthly meeting and a specialmeeting to discuss the upcoming con-tract, I was again disappointed on theattendance at these meetings. Whydon’t you attend monthly meet-ings?

Many of us miss monthly meetingsfrom time to time because of priorcommitments, sickness, family issues,etc., but that’s not always the case.Too many of our members are “in theunion for the money” and don’t careabout being involved with the hap-penings of the local union. Othersdon’t like the local union officers, ordon’t agree with the way that localunion business is handled. I havebeen in all of these situations myself. Ichallenge all members, including jour-neymen, apprentices, supervisors,expediters, traveling Brothers and Sis-ters, and especially local union offi-cers, to attend at least half of themonthly meetings in your local unionor host local union. This organiza-tion is only as good as its mem-bers!

BILL SCROGGINS, R.S./P.S.

Significant RaiseL.U. 551 (c,em,i,o,rts&st) SANTA

ROSA, CA—At this writing, work isstill slow. Our contractors tell us thatthings are starting to pick up, but weare not getting any calls yet. We arestill hopeful that as summerapproaches the work situation willimprove. Many thanks to our sisterlocals for employing our travelingmembers.

We came to terms in Humboldt andDel Norte Counties for a wage

increase of $3.28 per hour on thecheck, an increase in the pension rate,and funding for full-time compliancethrough MISSION 2000. This is a sig-nificant raise package, the best everfor this area. Many thanks to ourEureka negotiating team membersHerman Marchbanks, Dave Borgeson,Rey Dominick and Steve Benjamin fora job well done.

Our first Old Timers Dinner inMarch in Eureka was well attendedand well received. We gave out doorprizes and service pins. We had a liveband and dancing, and three bandmembers were Local 551 members:Rey Dominick on drums, LarrickMcDowell on the Hammond B3(organ), and Judy McDowell on har-monica and vocals.

We are getting more involved inour community, educating our electedofficials, promoting Project LaborAgreements, writing editorials to ourlocal press and doing public relationsand advertising. It’s up to us to pro-mote organized labor and rebuildtrade unionism, and we’re happy toreport that the ball is rolling in North-ern California.

STEVEN A. BENJAMIN, B.M./F.S.

Unemployment Compensation Increase

L.U. 557 (i,rts&spa), SAGINAW,MI—Darn it was a cold spring. Thewinter was long, but average tempera-tures made it tough for snowplowers,and lake effect snow kept skiers onthe snow in Northwest Michigan. Thewarm days in February made theMarch lion just that much colder, andit seemed to last—April was cold too.Some projects got a great start, butstalled. But some smaller jobs aremoving, so maybe work will pick upsoon, like the grass with a little warmweather.


Some of the Local 494, Milwaukee, WI, members who rallied to show sup-port of the Electrical Licensing Bill SB-470 at the Madison State Capitol.

Some of the Local 569, San Diego, CA, volunteers who helped make thisyear’s Christmas in April a success.

From left, Local 557, Saginaw, MI, Bros. Ben Showalter, Chris Nicodemus,Marc Johnson, Scott Curran and Tommy Thiel working on the Hoyt NursingHome addition for Theil Electric.

Local 606, Orlando, FL, recent apprentice graduates are, from left, first row,Shawne Franklin, Heidi Morganroth, Wilson Chavez, Cynthia Telladira,Fred Cromwell and Joe Canfield, second row, James Brush, JaminLeichering, Andrew Rutledge, Matthew Denehy, Neil Arnold, AudreyPainter, Thomas Hartwig and Robert Renning, third row, Karl King, AndrewCampbell, Kevin Cooper, Ivan Delgado, Jonathan Thompson and TroyMcQuagge and back row, George Acevedo, James Valot, Anthony Trowell,Irving Collazo, Benjamin Summers, James Curtiss and Barry Elkins. (Notpictured are Clarence Brooks, John Gibson, Christopher Ryczek, SpenceSullivan, Michael Acevedo and Owen McKen.)

Local 558,Sheffield,AL, appren-tice linemangraduates.

Local 551, Santa Rosa, CA, members, from left, Elerd Rocha, Ernest Schuler,Henry Moore, Bus. Mgr. Steven Benjamin, Herman Marchbanks, Tom Milesand Harold Fendrick received service awards at the Old Timers Diner.

Local 531, LaPorte, IN, retirees and guests are from left, sitting, JimNovereske, Ted Lamberson, Maxine Hawkins, Howard Mitchell and MaryLamberson, second row, Frank Lansdown, Rosana Nagel, Lovey Novereske,Martha Schroeder, Jan Glassman, Jack Luchtman, Fran Lansdown, LolaMitchell, Virginia Pharo, Joan Luchtman and Thelma Reuer, and third row,Tony Nagel, Jimmy Downs, Bob Schroeder, Dick Glassman, Doug Boudreau,Herman Reuer and Mike Milzarek at a recent retirees meeting.

constant battle with other nonunioncoming in and trying to take our work.We will do as we have always done—prevail.

Southern Illinois has been hit hardwith tornadoes this spring. A specialthank you to all of our members whohave gone the extra mile restoring theelectricity, telephone, gas and water.

Remember to check out our web-site www.IBEWLOCAL702.org for allthe happenings in our local. Youmight even see your picture.

MARSHA STEELE, P.S.

Three GenerationsL.U. 704 (catv,em&i), DUBUQUE,

IA—Bros. Clarence, Don and KevinPfohl represent three generations ofLocal 704 members, and have a com-bined 120 years of service to Local704. Clarence was initiated in Novem-ber 1941, Don in September 1957 andKevin in January 1987. This is a great

accomplishment that very few familiescan claim. They have all worked for C.P. Pfohl Electric Company, a long-established NECA contractor associ-ated with the IBEW. Bro. Don Pfohl ispast president and current NECA gov-ernor in the state of Iowa.

The $188 million Riverfront Devel-opment Project in Dubuque is pro-gressing, with the Mississippi RiverDiscovery Center having foundationwork nearly complete. The seven-storyhotel has steel structure up, and thefour-story water park is just starting.Other upcoming projects are a con-vention center and a river walk to tiethese tourist attractions together withthe already existing Diamond JoeRiverboat Casino.

At this writing, we have memberson Book I, but hope to put them towork very soon.

RON HEITZMAN, P.S.

Our New HomeL.U. 725 (i,rts&spa), TERRE HAUTE,

IN—After long anticipation, Local 725has moved into our new home at 5675E. Hulman Drive. The new locationwill make it more centralized to thejurisdiction, easier to find, and moreconvenient for our out-of-town broth-

ers. Just turn north off I-70 on StateRoad 46 and after about a half a mile,you will see the sign on the right.

We hope our traveling brothers willsee our new digs in the future, but thecurrent work situation is not so opti-mistic. At this writing, we have over100 members on Book I. There ishope on the horizon that work willimprove, but for now, we’re holdingour own. A new federal prison on thecity’s south side and three new schools

will help, if it ever stops raining.I cannot stress enough the impor-

tance to vote at every opportunity. Wehave a power like no other in thiscountry. If we don’t get out and votefor those who can help us, how willwe ever expect to improve our stan-dard of living? If you don’t vote, don’tgripe!

JAMES D. RUNYAN, P.S.

Work Is SlowL.U. 756 (es&i), DAYTONA BEACH,

FL—The work picture in DaytonaBeach is slow and doesn’t look to beimproving in the near future. LaunchComplex 37 at Kennedy Space Centerhas only a handful of brothers and sis-ters still there and Launch Complex 41is down to a couple of dozen. Work intown is slow as well.

If you listen to the economists, theysay the recession is over and thingsare picking up. I sure hope so, but I’llbelieve it when I hear of jobs aroundthe country. Remember that theRepublicans are in office and that isnot good for labor. But there is ananswer to the problem, and it’s calledREGISTER TO VOTE—exercise thatright. The state of Florida will have theprimary elections on September 10.

Did you know that only about 20% ofregistered voters vote in that election?Look for more information on politicsin your local newsletters.

Congratulations to our new jour-neymen on completing their five longyears. Graduates are Jason Carlisle,Sherrie Carter, Jeremy Dunlop, CliftonEaton, Dennis Fidler, Vincent Holmes,Noel McConchie, Norman Miller andThomas Moore. Way to go!!

See you at the next union meeting!JOHN W. BARRINGTON, P.S.

Current ProjectsL.U. 773 (as,em,i,mo&o), WIND-

SOR, ON, CANADA—Work is slow,and it looks like a lot of us will bespending the summer off with thekids. Some of our up and coming pro-jects will include the Brighton Beach

Power Plant and the Ford expansionat the Windsor Aluminum Plant. Ourmembers are currently working on theGreensheid Headquarters, by longtimecontractor Tucker Electric, with alarmsystems by Chubb Security Systems,the Canderal building, and the Wil-son/Rorison joint venture at the Daim-lerChrysler Canada headquarters.

A moment of silence was held forthe passing of Bros. Maurice “Knobby”Knott and Philip Driscoll. Ourthoughts and prayers go out to theirfamilies and friends.

Congratulations to 55-year mem-bers John Fahey, Ron McDowell, for-mer Bus. Mgr. Neil McLean, HowardPare, Louis Vegh and Robert Zorzit,and 50-year members Thomas Allen,Bernard Ditty, Mark Gignic, LloydHuey, Norman Miles and TedReaburn. Their longtime service willbe recognized at our April 2003 ban-quet for our 85th anniversary.

This year’s hockey tournament wassponsored by Local 120, London, ON,and as usual it was a great success.Our brothers represented themselveswell, and all had a good time.

DAVID SPENCER P.S.

Linemen of TodayL.U. 777 (u), READING, PA—You

guys are bucket linemen! Did you everhear that one from some old salt line-man? While the lineman of today maynot hang in hooks all day, we stillcarry the tool bag and know how touse those hooks when we have to.

There are many differences com-paring the lineman of today to thelineman of yesteryear. Rememberwhen chief crews consisted of six menworking different poles on the samejob? A truck driver drove line trucksand set poles. Ground hands andapprentices did the groundwork andlinemen climbed poles and did lineconstruction. Boy, could those line-men rig off the pole. Today, linemenare trained to do line work, under-ground construction and fault loca-tions. Other duties include backhoework and pressure digging.

Linemen of old used to carry mostof their needed equipment in theirtool bag. Today, we would be lostwithout some of the more sophisti-cated equipment like bucket trucksand especially material handlers.Hydraulic tools have replaced manyhand tools, and battery poweredpresses have replaced old arm bustingpresses. New technology hasincreased efficiency and helps us domore work with less people.

Deregulation has made power com-panies become lean and mean, thusaffecting the lives and working condi-tions of linemen and other employees.Some changes are positive and someare not. It seems life and work were alittle less complicated not so long ago.

STEVEN J. BRENSINGER, P.S.

Political Action, A NecessityL.U. 804 (i&o), KITCHENER, ON,

CANADA—As the current provincialgovernment continues to attack orga-nized labour, it has become more andmore apparent that in order to protectwhat we have we must fight back bybecoming politically active. The LocalUnion will be creating a PoliticalAction Committee in the immediatefuture, to devise a strategy for thepolitical arena.

For years, our brothers and sistersin the US have been politically activeand their efforts have paid dividendsfor their members. Now is the time forus to begin to contribute in any wayshape or form we can on the politicalforefront.


line demonstration. Thanks to Ed Mis-quez and Gilbert Martinez for invitingme to this year’s camp.

The Construction and MaintenanceAgreements in Los Alamos were finallyratified after 18 months of intensenegotiations, and there were somechanges to both contracts.

This is an election year, so be sureand make it to the polls. If you are notregistered to vote, call the hall to getregistered.

On behalf of the Local, I would liketo send condolences to the familiesand friends of Bros. Lyle E. Allison,Clayton Robson, George H. Hamilton,Alfredo A. Padilla, Lawrence Wagner,Jr. and Delbert P. Boles, who recentlypassed away.

DARRELL J. BLAIR, P.S.

New Training CenterL.U. 617 (c,i,o&st), SAN MATEO,

CA—With the summer season in fullswing, so are we at Local 617. The2002 apprentice graduation class willbe the last JATC graduating class toattend our existing training facilities.

Next year’s graduates will emerge froma new, state-of-the-art, two-story train-ing center now under construction.

Graduate Stephen Finav will repre-sent local 617 as outstanding appren-tice at the National Training Institute(NTI) from July 27 through August 3.David Skelly, also chosen as outstand-ing apprentice, was unable to attendthe NTI.

The local is instituting the third-yearapprenticeship program for our VDVmembers who also look forward tothe training center completion. The617 members and staff want to warmlythank our retiring apprenticeshipdirector, Bro. Scotty Turner, for hismany years of dedicated service.

A few months back at the OldTimers Pin Party, a number of mem-bers received service pins. Theyranged from 20 years all the way tothe star of the party, Bro. Eno Fer-rando. It was an impressive sight asEno received his 65-year pin in personthat night. Bro. Bill Burns and LloydEiferlle were also awarded 65-yearpins, but were unable to attend.

PIERRE ST-CYR, P.S.

Best Safety RecordL.U. 636 (as,catv,em,spa&u),

TORONTO, ON, CANADA—Congratu-lations to our members from Ener-source Hydro Mississauga whorecently achieved 2.75 million hourswithout a lost time injury. We areproud to report that this is the best

record in North America!We also want to acknowledge and

thank the office and outside JointHealth and Safety Committees for theirhard work and dedication.

We wish everyone a safe andhappy summer.

NANCY TATA, P.S.

Class of 2002L.U. 648 (em,i,spa&u), HAMILTON,

OH—Congratulations to the insidewireman class of 2002. They are Dou-glas Arno, Douglas Brown, GregoryBulach, Robert Dillhoff, NicholasGeorge, Brandon Keith, Eric Martin,Randy McCurley, Mary Sweet, BrandonVallance, Matt Von Stein and BrianWolpert. The local wishes the graduatesthe best of luck in the years to come.Remember that the IBEW will alwaysneed your continued support to main-tain our high standard of education.

Local 648 mourns the death of Bro.Quentin Hubbard, a 54-year member.Our sincere condolences to his familyand friends. Quentin will be sadlymissed.

G. F. CORBIN, P.S.

A Heightened AppreciationL .U. 649 ( i , l c t t ,o , r t s , spa&u) ,

ALTON, IL—Members and families par-ticipated in the 135th Memorial Dayparade and celebration. JourneymanGeorge Stumpe drove his 1963 ChryslerImperial in the parade, and was fol-lowed by his wife, Pat, in their 1975 ElCamino. Granddaughters Brandi andDanielle rode along and threw treats tothe crowd.

IBEW families applauded, and yellsof thanks were heard as military unitsand police vehicles rode by in review.The horns of fire trucks delighted thechildren and many spectators salutedthe firefighters who followed in fulluniform.

Cheers and tears were exhibited asformer POWs rode by in a trolley,waving US flags. An 81-year old for-mer POW said, “It got to me whenthey stood up and cheered. September11 has instilled a greater appreciationthis year for our men and women inthe Armed Forces.”

Alton, IL, has the distinction ofhosting the oldest continuouslyobserved parade in the nation. An Illi-noisan, Grand Army of the RepublicGeneral John Logan, officially pro-claimed Memorial Day on May 30,1868, and had flowers placed on thegraves of Union and Confederate sol-diers at Arlington National Cemetery.

ROBERT E. TRAVIS, P.S.

Still the BestL.U. 681 (i,o&spa), WICHITA FALLS,

TX—We have several members retir-ing, and it is really sad that some ofthe younger members will never knowthem. They were and still are the bestelectricians I have ever worked with.These guys were the main reason itwas called the good old days. I sure

learned a lot from them. These guyswere your journeymen and fore-men, but they never made you feel asif you were beneath them. Yourespected them, they respected you,and I fear we are missing that intoday’s work place. I think this is aproblem area for some workers.

Our contract has been sent toCounsel, with no word at this writing.It seems we always go to Counsel.Wish we could work out our differ-ences here at home.

Work is slow at this writing, withno calls. There is hope that it will pickup with the summer season.

Work safe, and God bless.BILLY NEELY, P.S.

Health Plan ChangesL.U. 692 (i&spa), BAY CITY, MI—

The retirees party on May 31 wentvery well and was well received by allwho attended. Thanks to all who putforth the effort to make this event asuccess.

The annual Electrical Trades Build-ing Shareholders meting was held onJune 3, and any further suggestions forimprovement to the hall or propertyshould be directed to the ExecutiveBoard.

Journeyman classes are ongoing,and inquiries for availability, times andcost should be addressed to Bro. PaulLeVasseur at the apprenticeship train-ing school.

There have been major changes tothe health plan that go into effect June2002. For details, information will beprovided from the plan office.

CHARLES J. COMBS, R.S./P.S.

Lobby Day RallyL.U. 702 (as,c,catv,cs,em,es,et,

govt,i,it,lctt,mo,mt,o,p,pet,ptc,rtb,rts,se,spa,st,t,u,uow&ws), WEST FRANKFORT,IL—On April 24, 2002, members andstaff gathered at the State Capitol inSpringfield, IL, to support the State AFL-CIO Lobby Day Rally. Two buses trans-ported the members to the Capitol, andunion labor throughout the state let ourlegislators and candidates know thatlabor is a strong voice to heed.

The inside construction work isgood, with all of our 702 journeymenand apprentices working.

The nonunion rats have raised theirugly head in our jurisdiction. Electri-Com, hired by Verizon to do the out-side telephone construction, was sentpacking by our members. We weresuccessful this time, but we are in a


Local 681, Wichita Fall, TX, VicePres. Bryan Smith presents 41-yearmember Bro. Donnie Moore withhis retirement gold watch.

Local 636, Toronto, ON, Canada,Enersource Hydro Mississaugaemployee Bro. Dave Raven.

Local 617, San Mateo, CA, 2002 apprentice graduates are, from left, backrow, Jason Cornell, Vince Calabrese, Doug Joya, David Skelly, DavidMcClure, Mike Swanson, Dan Pasini, Eric Labagh and Aaron Adams; middlerow, Dale Brewer, Justin Tinoco, Paul Giomi, John Urioste, Paul Rodriguez,James Wall and Jeffrey Salvato, and front row, Don Robertson, AndrewBabish, Jeff Grinton, Dallas Cook, Paul Carrington and Stephen Finav.

From left,Bros. Kevin,Don andClarence Pfohlrepresentthree genera-tions of mem-bership withLocal 704,Dubuque, IA.

Local 773, Windsor, ON, Canada, members are currently working on theGreenshield Headquarters.

Local 649, Alton, IL, members and families participated in the MemorialDay parade and celebration.

Local 702,WestFrankfort, IL,outside con-struction work-ers picketingnonunionElectriCom.

Local 725, Terre Haute, IN, new union hall.

Thomas C. Haley, Sr., who passedaway on December 26. Bro. Haleywas the Local 953 business managerfrom 1962 to 1989. Of his survivingfamily, Bro. Haley has four sons whoare active Local 953 members. Theyare Douglas, Joseph, Peter and RichardHaley.

In closing, I would like to empha-size the importance for all unionmembers to stick together acting as ateam in solidarity.

DAVE LOECHLER, ASST. B.M.

Vote of ConfidenceL .U . 1049 ( l c t t ,o&u) , LONG

ISLAND, NY—Members gave a vote ofconfidence by unanimously ratifyingthe NECA utility agreement and re-electing our union officers and Execu-tive Board members.

The Negotiating Committee, com-prising Bus. Mgr. Ralph Ranghelli,Asst. Bus. Mgr. Everett Lewis, Pres.Robert Porfert, Rec. Sec. WarrenO’Neill, Executive Board memberGeorge Reinhardt and JourneymenLinemen Peter D’Anna, John Gallagherand Greg Redmond successfully negoti-ated a new three-year NECA agree-ment. It contains total packageincreases of $2, $2.05 and $2.10,increased wage percentages for generalforeman and working foreman,improvements on show-up time, mealallowances, annuity, and initiates a PAPaccount for our members. A ratificationmeting was held where the proposedcontract was explained and a secretballot was taken. The contract wasapproved by 100 percent of the mem-bers present.

Nominations for officers were heldin March, and the slate of Bus. Mgr.Ralph Ranghelli, Pres. Robert Porfert,Vice Pres. Glenn Tipping, Rec. Sec.Tom Dowling, Treas. James Campitielloand Executive Board members JohnBartolotti, Ed Conklin, Robert Erickson,Howard Haugen, Robert Krich, JohnMoultrie, George Reinhardt, WilliamRoulette, Tom Russo, Robert Schellhornand Richard Shultis ran unopposed andwere elected to a new three-year term.On behalf of the officers, Bus. Mgr.Ranghelli thanks all members for theircontinued support.

WARREN E. O’NEILL, R.S.

Shop Steward TrainingL.U. 1289 (u), LAKEWOOD, NJ—

Our shop stewards recently attended ashop steward training class plannedand executed by Pres./Bus. Mgr. JoeHildebrandt and Vice Pres. Bill Smith.The class was instructed by Third Dist.Int. Rep. Marie Peluso. Participation byall attendees was excellent, and theclass was very well received.

In addition to the outstanding cur-riculum designed by the InternationalOffice, attention was focused on griev-ance handling. A Grievance Fact Sheetwas designed for shop stewards to useduring grievant interviews. This factsheet will also serve as a good recordfor panel discussion and decisions ongrievances.

The officers wish to thank the stew-ards for their participation and Int.

Rep. Marie Peluso for her thoroughand very informative contribution tothe program.

JOE HILDEBRANDT, PRES./B.M.

60 Years and A Lot of Changes

L.U. 1307 (u), SALISBURY, MD—Our local was chartered in 1942 toserve the employees of Eastern ShorePublic Service Co., an investor-ownedelectric utility company. Over theyears there have been many changes.The company later became DelmarvaPower and Light before changing itsname to Delmarva Power. In the late1990s Delmarva Power merged withAtlantic Energy, forming a new com-pany, Conectiv Power Delivery.Through all these changes, Local 1307remained the bargaining agent for theemployees of the Southern Division ofthe company.

In the mid 1990s, Local 1307merged with Local 1707 and becamethe bargaining agent for the employ-ees of Choptank Electric Co-op. A fewyears later, Local 1307 merged withLocal 2120, and the employees of A &N Electric Co-op became part of ourlocal. With the sale of the PowerPlants to NRG in 2001, Local 1307 nowrepresents employees of four compa-nies.

Through the years we have stayedactive in the Delmarva Labor Counciland have participated in the Councilorganized Union Label Shows. Wehave also played an active part inorganizing campaigns.

At this writing, we are looking for-ward to a celebration to recognize our60th anniversary on June 8 at ourUnion Hall in Delmar, MD. Thanks toall who paved the way for us.

Remember that your union is onlyas strong as its membership. Attendunion meetings and become a part ofa great movement.

E. D. SPARKS, F.S.

Roy Willingham MournedL.U. 1316 (i&o), MACON, GA—

Local 1316 mourns the death of Bro.Roy L. Willingham, who passed awayon Jan.14, 2002.

Bro. Willingham was initiated intothe IBEW in August 1967. He com-pleted his apprenticeship training andturned out as a journeyman wiremanin June 1971. In 1987 he began teach-

ing apprenticeship training. In April1992 he filled a vacancy on the Execu-tive Board. Bro. Willingham accepteda position as full-time JATC ProgramDirector in September 1996.

He continued his dedicated serviceto the IBEW and JATC until Dec. 19,2001, when he was diagnosed withcancer. If all of our members were asdedicated to our union principles offairness and equality for all workers ashe was, we would be an unstoppableforce. When Roy Willingham passedaway, a true Brother was lost to theentire IBEW, not just Local 1316. Oursincere condolences to his family andfriends.

JOHNNY MACK NICKLES, B.M./F.S.

Fishing DerbyL.U. 1426 (i,o,rtb,spa&u), GRAND

FORKS, ND—Our 13th Annual NorthDakota IBEW Ice Fishing Derby washeld at Devils Lake on February 2. TheDerby is put on by Local 1426 andLocal 714, and was attended by broth-ers and sisters and their families fromNorth Dakota, South Dakota, Min-nesota, Iowa and Missouri.

Congratulations to Derby winnersSteve Dosch (first place—walleye),Chris Van Sickle (first place—perch),Tim Berg (second place—walleye),Doug Fagerlie (third place—walleye),Todd Lee (second place—northern)and Chris Linseth (third place—north-ern).

The Derby has continued to growin the past 13 years, and once againLocal 1426 was proud to take homethe traveling trophy. Congratulations,and thanks to all the winners and par-ticipants who make this Derby a con-tinued success.

SCOTT SANSBURN, ORGANIZER

Improved Safety RecordL.U. 1439 (u), ST. LOUIS, MO—We

have recently begun allowing appren-tices to do a tour of duty in our Trans-mission Department on a strictlyvoluntary basis, and it seems to begoing well. This will better preparethem for their work in this profession.We thank our union for training thatnot only builds pride in performance,but also creates role models for thenext generation to follow.

Professionalism requires knowinghow to do the job safely. The back-

bone of our pride in union heritageare good work habits and perfor-mance. We have to ensure the publicthat we will not only keep their poweron, but will do it in the safest mannerpossible.

Our safety record is continuing toimprove with the joint effort betweenunion and management. We realizethat unity is essential to success in thisbusiness. We must mirror the sameimage here that we see in our coun-try—unity, awareness and concern.We must put aside anything that keepsus from operating as one entity andfrom responding effectively to thosethings that threaten our lives, securityand futures.

We have a God given mandate todo this. He won’t do it for us, but Hegives us everything we need to get itdone, and for this I am grateful andindebted to Him.

KEN CARROLL, P.S.

Our Own HeroL.U. 1464 (u), KANSAS CITY, MO—

We have our own hero in the waragainst terrorism. We would like towelcome home and honor Bro. LeeGerdes for his recent tour of duty inSaudi Arabia. Bro. Gerdes reported toduty as a Power Production Superin-tendent with the 139th Civil Engineer-ing Squadron of the Missouri AirNational Guard on Dec. 1, 2001. Hiscrew maintained diesel generators,providing electricity for the entirePrince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia.On behalf of our members, thank youfor your commitment in the defense ofour nation.

Our fifth annual IBEW Joint FamilyPicnic will be held on August 24. Wewill celebrate the event with membersof our sister Locals 412 and 1613. Markyour calendars; a fun day is plannedfor members and their families!

SUSAN COWART, R.S.

Carrying the Olympic TorchL.U. 1501 (ees,em,mo,pet&rts),

BALTIMORE, MD—Bus. Mgr./Pres.Dion F. Guthrie was honored to carrythe Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Torchthrough Baltimore for about one-quar-ter of a mile on Dec. 22, 2001. Hestated that this was a great honor andone that he would never forget. We


The bottom line is that the PCshave to be removed from office. Thedestruction they have created in theunionized sector of our province willtake decades to overcome. Sure theyhave reduced the provincial debt, butthe working people of the provincehave indirectly paid for this debtreduction. Did they once tell us thatthe debt reduction would be fundedthrough major cuts within all sectorsof government services? NO! Did theyinform us that they were looking atchanging the health care system? NO!Did they inform us that they werelooking at revamping the educationsystem? NO! By now you probably getthe picture. The government just doeswhatever they want to do.

We must begin to fight back, andprotect what we have left. If we sitback and do nothing, then big busi-ness will continue to control and runour province. We cannot let this hap-pen. Enough is enough!

BRETT McKENZIE, B.M./F.S.

Officers TrainingL.U. 807 (rr), LITTLE ROCK, AR—

Congratulations to the newly electedofficers and committeemen. They areBus. Mgr./Local Chrm. Jack Keeling,Jr., Pres. Roger Osowski, Jr., Fin. Sec.David Matthews, Asst. Bus. Mgr. RonLynch, Rec. Sec. Gary Montgomery,Executive Board members Steve Lyons(Pres.), Greg Schwerman, JohnFunkhauser and Richard Payne andCommitteemen Lester Hoof, AndyAnderton, Ron Hopkins and GregSmith.

Local 807 officers and commit-teemen represent one of the largestrailroad locals in the country, with 265members. A large number of thesemembers work in one of the fewremaining backshops in the industry.

The officers and committeemenrecently completed officers trainingconducted by Tenth Dist. Int. Rep. JimDenton. The class was very informa-tive, with good feedback from partici-pants. We thank Int. Rep. Denton forhis time and support.

Don’t forget to attend your localunion meetings held at Flo’s Kitchenon the third Tuesday of each month.

ROGER L. OSOWSKI, JR., PRES.

Member Organizer TrainingL.U. 824 (t), TAMPA, FL—With an

understanding of the importance oforganizing, our members are receivingMember Organizer Program (MOP)

training in preparation for our upcom-ing organizing drive. We will beattempting to organize the AT&TBroadband Call Center in Jacksonville.A neutrality agreement has beenreached and access has been obtained.Asst. Bus. Mgr. Mary Bouffard is thelead organizer, and the OrganizingCommittee will assist her.

Fifth Dist. Int. Rep. Rick Tira taughtthe MOP class to the Organizing Com-mittee members at the union hall andthe training was well received. Bro.Tira’s efforts are greatly appreciatedand we thank him. The OrganizingCommittee members are Betty Berry,Patti Wilkins, Michelle Fedak, JerrieJohnson, Shauna Fulco,WendellGreenhalgh, Lily Saunders, TiffanyBolt, Dan Wagner, Kathy Smith, andSherry Waters.

We began contract negotiations onJune 19, and will report the results inour next article.

Please vis i t our web si te atwww.ibew824.org.

DOUG SELLARS, P.S.

High Voltage TrainingL.U. 873 (i&em), KOKOMO, IN—

The fourth-year JATC apprenticeshipclass recently participated in a trainingseminar on high voltage delivery. JATCclass instructors Maria Toney andRichard Ruch coordinated the seminarand Bros. Russ Ruch and Al Vosslerconducted the class.

After explaining the preparationand installation of high voltage cable,Russ and Al divided the class into fourteams of three each for hands-on train-ing. The teams successfully completedthe construction of 15kV stress coneson 3/C 15kV Interlock Armor Cable.

Distribution of high voltage contin-ues to be a core requirement in theelectrical industry. Electronic systemsare replacing the hardwire systems incurrent construction markets, and safehigh voltage delivery training is a keyfactor in training our apprentices.

Thanks to the Local 873 Apprentice-ship Committee for its support in mak-ing this excellent seminar a success.

ARTIE SCRUGGS, B.M.

Outstanding GraduatesL.U. 915 (i&mt), TAMPA, FL—Under

the able leadership of retiree Bro.Buck Johnson, we recently upgradedsome of our picnic area sheds with thehelp of our journeyman wiremen andapprentice volunteers. The sheds werebuilt in the summer of 1973, beforeour union hall was built in 1975.

The improved picnic area was com-pleted just in time for a cookout tocoincide with our annual Service PinAwards presentation. In all, 152 ser-vice pins were awarded for variousyears of service. 60-year pins wereawarded to Bros. J. W. Knight, Victor

T. Moore, C. T. Stephens and FloydWhitted, Sr. The Brother of the YearAward was presented to Tom Jesseefor his continuous volunteerism, dedi-cation and service over the past 28years. Congratulations to all.

Our annual JATC Completion Cere-mony and Dinner was held in April.Congratulations to the 23 fifth-yearapprentice graduates. The 2002 Out-standing Apprentice award went toBro. James Toney, who received aplaque, set of tools, $500 and the Brad

Felker Memorial Award. Gifts from thelocal union, credit union, JATC andNECA were given to the outstandingfirst through fourth-year apprentices aswell. They are Jeffrey Maya and DianeWeiss (first-year—tie), Steven Kira (sec-ond-year), Geoffrey Hutchison (third-year) and Michael Davis (fourth-year).

BOB KAISER, P.S.

Annual MeetingL.U. 953 (catv,em,lctt,o,spa&u),

EAU CLAIRE, WI—On April 6 Local953 conducted its Annual Meetingwhich was open to all members toattend. Pres. Bernard Pagenkopf calledthe meeting to order, and reports weregiven by Bus. Mgr. John A. Marincel,Executive Board members and staff.Thanks to all who attended.

Condolences to the family of Bro.


Fifth Dist. Int. Rep. Rick Tira, far right, with Local 824, Tampa, FL,Organizing Committee members, from left, front row, Betty Berry, PattiWilkins, Michelle Fedak, Jerrie Johnson and Shauna Fulco, and back row,Wendell Greenhalgh, Lily Saunders, Tiffany Bolt, Dan Wagner, Kathy Smithand Sherry Waters.

Local 807, Little Rock, AR, officers and committeemen at the OfficersTraining class conducted by Tenth Dist. Int. Rep. Jim Denton.

Local 915, Tampa, FL, outstanding apprentices, from left, Steven Kira (sec-ond-year), Michael Davis (fourth-year), James Toney (fifth-year), GeoffreyHutchison (third-year), Diane Weise and Jeffrey Maya (first-year—tie).

Local 873, Kokomo, IN, JATC instructors and fourth-year apprenticeshipclass members, from left, back row, Matt Porter, Todd Gaylor, ShaneJefferies and Steve Shallenbarger, second row, Instructor Dick Ruch, JoeCox, Barak Chandler, Andy Landrum, Ryan Blevins, Steve Szerdy, DougTimmons, Jimmy Myers and Instructor Maria Toney, and kneeling, TaraTimberlake, Han Otiker, Steve Branham, Jeff Hoffman, Brian Freemen andPaul Johnson at the high voltage training class. (Not pictured are SandyAvila and Instructors Russ Ruch and Al Vossler).

Local 1316, Macon, GA, Bro. Roy L.Willingham.

Local 1426, Grand Forks, ND, Annual North Dakota IBEW Ice Fishing Derbywinners are, from left, Chris Van Sickle (first place—perch), Tim Berg (sec-ond place—walleye), Doug Fagerlie (third place—walleye), Todd Lee (secondplace—northern) and Chris Linseth (third place—northern). (Not pictured isSteve Dosch (first place—walleye).

Crawford Appointed Int. Rep.L.U. 2286 (u), BEAUMONT, TX—In

April we were honored by a visit fromActing Asst. State Secretary and Electri-cal Trades Union (ETU) OrganizerPeter Simpson, of Brisbane, Australia.Bro. Simpson and Bus. Mgr. George L.Crawford visited many places exhibit-ing our electrical structure, trainingand safety. They also met with severalleaders in the Southeast Texas electri-cal industry, including Local 66 Bus.Mgr. Greg Lucero, Local 479 Bus. Mgr.David Nobles, Local 390 Bus. Mgr.Johnny Wilson and Entergy TexasPres. Joe Domino. Bro. Simpson washonored with an authentic Mexicandinner hosted by Local 66, along witha Cajun dinner hosted by Local 2286,Local 479 and Local 390.

On April 21 Bro. Simpson flew toToronto, Canada, and, with his col-leagues National Assistant SecretaryJohn Ingram and ETU OrganizerSteven Butler, attended the IBEW Util-ity Conference.

Our own Bus. Mgr./Fin. Sec.George Crawford attended the UtilityConference. He was offered andaccepted a Seventh District Interna-tional Representative position effectiveJune 1 and will begin work with Sev-enth Dist. Int. Vice Pres. Jon Gardner.Bro. Crawford has been a tremendousand powerful asset to our local. Hewill now have the opportunity to serveour great union in a wider, more dili-gent capacity. We are all winners byhis appointment. Congratulations,George!

KITTY PROUSE, P.S.

Fund-raising TournamentL.U. 2320 (t), MANCHESTER, NH—

Your hockey team competed in Local2222’s Make-a-Wish Foundation fund-raising tournament. The undermannedteam lost to the eventual champion 3-1in the first game and pulled out a 2-2tie after falling behind 2-0 in the secondmatch. In the final tilt, the squad was ina 6-0 deficit before making it close andwas two hit posts from tying it up. Bel-mont’s Jeff Kruger led the offense andthe team’s net minders Tom Farrell andDoug Clarke backboned the defense.Thanks to all who gave their time tomake the team a success.

Congratulations to the graduatingNext Step class. It has been four yearsof hard work, but your degrees arenow in hand.

If anyone has information for theIBEW Journal, please call the unionhall. With summer upon us, Bus. Mgr.Neil McSheffrey wishes everyone asafe and fun filled summer. Please

protect your license, don’t drink anddrive. Remember that there are onlyapproximately 60 paychecks until thecontract expires so get those strikefunds going. The company only nego-tiates seriously when we pound thepavement.

JOHN MURPHY, P.S.

Charity SoftballL.U. 2321 (t), MIDDLETON, MA—In

September 2001, Local 2321 held itsfirst annual IBEW Two Pitch Co-EdSoftball Tournament to benefit theMake-A-Wish Foundation of GreaterBoston. Despite soaring temperatures,more than 14 teams from garages andoffices all over New England battled itout for two days. The Chelmsford Cut-ters took home the first place trophy,with bragging rights to the DracutMunchies. When it was all over and

the last trophy awarded, Local 2321was proud to present a check for over$6,500 to the Make-A-Wish Foundationof Greater Boston.

Last year’s tournament was so suc-cessful that the Make-A-Wish Founda-tion of Greater Boston has againendorsed Local 2321 to hold the sec-ond annual tournament. This year’stournament is scheduled for Septem-ber 14-15, at the Riverside Stadium inHaverhill, MA. Teams are alreadyforming for this much-anticipatedevent, not only to raise money for agood cause, but also to compete tobecome this year’s champion!

GWEN LAY, R.S.

Much-Deserved TributeL.U. 2330 (ees,i,rr&rts), ST. JOHN’S

NF, CANADA—This local takes great

pride in honoring our retirees. We hada great turnout at our first retireesparty held in October 2001 at the Holi-day Inn in Stephenville, Newfound-land. We all had a wonderful timetalking and listening to stories of howthey fought long and hard to bring theword union to the minds of all electri-cians in this province. All retirees werepresented with an IBEW watch. Con-gratulations to all. We also thank thosewho attended this much-deserved trib-ute to our retirees. At this writing, adinner and dance was planned tohonor the retirees from Central to East-ern Newfoundland on May 18.

Our present work picture is veryslow, and the outlook for the immedi-ate future looks grim. We do seeimprovement down the road withupcoming projects at Voisey’s Bay,Lower Churchill and various oil fields.We are hopeful that work on the roadwill improve.

We successfully completed trainingin welding, structured cabling, PLCs,introduction to computers and firstaid/CPR, with more courses to com-mence in the fall.

With sadness we report the deathsof Bros. William Walsh and RoyJacobs, and retired Bro. Peter Gabriel.Our deepest sympathy to their familiesand friends. We will surely miss them.

Have a great and safe summer.ANN GEEHAN, P.S.


sincerely thank Int. Pres. Ed Hill fornominating Bus. Mgr. Guthrie to repre-sent the IBEW in this once-in-a-life-time experience.

The message of the Salt Lake 2002Olympic Torch Relay was “Light theFire Within.” We believe that the flamesymbolizes the spirit and passion ofpeople who make great sacrifices tobecome Olympic champions. Theflame celebrates not only Olympians,but also people from all walks of life.

Beginning on Dec. 4, 2001, the SaltLake 2002 Olympic Torch Relayembarked on a 65-day journey, travel-ing through 46 states and covering adistance of more than 13,500 miles. Itended in Salt Lake City for the WinterGames Opening Ceremony on Febru-ary 8. The Relay touched the lives ofmillions of people in the United States,and created an excitement not only forthe 2002 Olympic games, but also forthe challenges and successes of every-day living. The Salt Lake 2002 OlympicTorch Relay created energy and enthu-siasm that unified the nation duringtrying times. Local 1501 was proud tobe represented in this special event.

THOMAS J. ROSTKOWSKI, P.S.

Shop Steward TrainingL.U. 1545, (mo), JESUP, GA—On

April 1-2, under the instruction of FifthDistrict Int. Rep. Fielding W. Gurley,members were taught the basics ofbeing a good shop steward. We are asmall local, but had 11 in attendanceon both nights.

Interest was high throughout thecombined 10-hour class. The subjectmaterial and presentation exceeded theexpectations of many in attendance.Our evenings are hard to give up, butwhat those in attendance have learned

will help us secure a better work placefor ourselves and those who follow.Thanks to all who participated.

Congratulations to recently retiredBros. Tom Jones and Julian Jackson.

KEVIN R. BROWN, P.S.

Increased Market ShareL .U . 1547 ( c , em , i , o , r r, t&u ) ,

ANCHORAGE, AK—Summer hasfinally arrived, although we had snowfalling right up until May. Our insidemarket share has increased substantialover the past six years—in fact, over a20 percent increase between 1995-2001. Most of the credit can be attrib-uted to a concerted effort andemphasis on organizing of thenonunion sector. We continue to holdCOMET classes, recruit salts and askour brother and sister wiremen to helppromote the IBEW to the unorganized.

The local union election of officersis underway, with ballots to be countedJune 1. Running unopposed for presi-dent is Knute Anderson. Ronda Robi-son is running for vice president andLaura Bonner is seeking another termas recording secretary. Gary Brooksand Mike Hodsdon are running forbusiness manager/financial secretary.Joseph Hodge and Ed Swearingin arerunning for the treasurer seat and CecilColley III and Curt Schroeder are seek-ing the Executive Board seat in Unit101. Tom Minder is unopposed forExecutive Board seat 102 and MikeBergy and Tom Karpstein are vying forthe Executive Board in Unit 103. DennyZeiser is running alone for the 104Executive Board Seat.

ANNE HAYS, P.S.

COMET—The First StepL.U. 1579 (i&o), AUGUSTA, GA—

International President Edwin Hill has

set a top priority of organizing to drawmore workers and companies into theIBEW. We are currently experiencingthe repercussion of slowed organizingefforts while work was good in ourjurisdiction. Brothers and sisters, the

hour draws near. We have no choicebut to make a personal commitment toorganizing. The alternative is to standback and watch an epidemic of unionsclosing on this side of the Mason DixieLine, and then watch as the plaguemoves northward local by local. Weare the beholders, not the owners of afine tradition. What will we do with it?

COMET classes have become a rit-ual at the local union on Thursdaynights. Please call and reserve a seat forupcoming classes. COMET is the firststep to overcome the ill will and ani-mosities perceived with organizing.

We can never say enough aboutcommunity service. The most preciouscommodity in life is time. “There is nogreater a gift of love and compassionthan the unselfish giving of our time.”Please help support your community,as this is the only way the communitywill support you.

It is with sadness that we report thepassing of Bros. Monte Tillman, Gerald“Gene” Denton and Lionel W.Gulledge. Our hearts and prayers go totheir families.

Attend union meetings and beinformed.

DENNIS G. ROCQUE, PRES.

New JourneymenL.U. 1701 (catv,ees,i,o&u), OWENS-

BORO, KY—The Owensboro AreaCouncil of Labor held three politicalcandidate forums at our local unionhall in March. Candidates for DaviessCounty Jailer, Daviess County Commis-sioners and the City of OwensboroCommissioners attended. We ask all

members to get out and vote for labor-endorsed candidates.

A Job Fair was recently held at TheExecutive Inn in Owensboro. Specialthanks to Bro. David Carrico and hiswife, Becky, for setting up a boothand promoting our local union andthe JATC.

The Examining Board recently gavethe journeyman wireman exam to ourfifth-year apprentices. Chairman KennyWoodward reports Sister Kristi Cookand Bros. Jason Blanton, Jeff Draper,Tim Frashure, Jay Hartman, Bobby Lee,Ryan Lloyd, Scott McCormick and JasonHolland all passed. Congratulations andgood luck in the future. The Board alsogave the exam to Bros. Mel Hust, JamesRusselberg, John Saver and Tom Loneyand reports they also passed. Welcometo all.

With sadness, we report the deathof retired Bro. Roy Brown. Our condo-lences to his family. May he rest inpeace.

Remember your union meetings.TIM BLANFORD, P.S.

New Business ManagerL.U. 1957 (em), EAST BUTLER,

PA—Our local recently held its elec-tion of officers, and as a result wehave a new business manager. Bro.John Leinenbach was the member-ships choice to lead us for the nextthree years. This job requires a lot ofhard work and dedication and we feelJohn is the man for the job. Bro.Leinenbach has been a member since1973 and has worked in the cafeteriadepartment for the past 14 years.

Other elected officers are Vice Pres.Jeff Campbell, Treas. Alice Young, Rec.Sec. Lynn Kamerer and Fin. Sec. LynnAcquaviva. The Executive Board mem-bers are Bernice O’Donnell, RonArmahizer, Bob King, Betty Karan-bauer and George Lineman. Congratu-lations to all.

Congratulations also to Sister JanetCarlson on her recent retirement. Janethas 30 years of service and worked asa supplier in the Ferrite department. Aretirement dinner was held for Janet atthe Grease City Municipal Building,and the popular country-rock band“Sammy Gee and his Coat Tail Riders”supplied the music. Janet was one ofour most popular members and shewill be greatly missed.

BOB POLINSKY, P.S.


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Local 2330, St. John’s, NF, Canada, Bus. Mgr./Fin. Sec. Jim Costello, left,and Pres. Ann Geehan (at podium), presented IBEW watches to retirees atour first retirees party. Retirees and their wives are, from left, front row,Elwood Parsons, Florence Parsons, Barbara McIsaac, Angus McIsaac, VeraAlexander and Joseph Alexander, and back row, Leslie Jesso, Marie Jesso,Mary Keough and Michael Keough.

From left, ETU Organizer Steven Butler, Acting Asst. State Secretary andETU Organizer Peter Simpson, Seventh Dist. Int. Rep. George L. Crawford,Seventh Dist. Int. Vice Pres. Jon Gardner and ETU National Asst. SecretaryJohn Ingram at a recent Local 2286, Beaumont, TX, hosted event.

From left, Local2321, Middleton,MA, Bus. Mgr.FrankMcKenney,Steward JohnDeRosa and BillLaFlamme ofthe Make-A-WishFoundation.

Local 1547,Anchorage, AK,lineman DougMills, secondfrom left, partic-ipated in theLocal 1547sponsored trailgrooming, andis pictured withhis crew on theIron Dog Trail.

Local 1957, East Butler, PA, SisterJanet Carlson recently retired.

Local 1545, Jesup, GA, members, from left, first row, Artie Noland, JohnnyMathis, Kevin Brown, Fifth District Int. Rep. Fielding W. Gurley (Instructor)and Ronald Beasley, and second row, Dennis Mainor, Danny Jones, RayDavidson, Pat Jones, Alan Beaver and John Bowen at the shop stewardtraining class. (Not pictured is Dennis Benner).

Local 1701, Owensboro, KY, Bro.David Carrico and his wife, Becky,conducting business at the recentJob Fair at the Executive Inn.

Local 1501, Baltimore, MD, Bus.Mgr. Dion F. Guthrie carries the2002 Olympic Torch throughBaltimore.

with our monthly luncheons and bustrips around New England.

Congratulations and thanks to thenewly elected Local 103 officers whoso generously supported the RetireesClub in the past. The Local 103 elec-tion day is a great political reunion.Forty members ran for Executive Boardand Examining Board, to give some-thing back to “good old Local 103.”

It is disheartening to read aboutwhat Pres. Bush and the Republicansare doing to working people. It is asorry scenario to discuss layoff of pub-lic safety workers in order to give taxcuts to corporations like Enron. Wemust all work to elect legislators in the2002 mid-term elections who havemore concern for children, teachersand the elderly.

Retirees from around the countrywho plan to visit Boston on holidayare invited to attend our monthly lun-cheons. Give us a call.

LEO MONAHAN, PRES./P.S.

King and Queen For A DayRETIREES CLUB OF L.U. 130, NEW

ORLEANS, LA—Retirees club memberRalph Fox and his lovely wife, Myr-iam, ruled over their fellow senior citi-zens at a Mardi Gras Ball held at theChateau De Notre Dame Living Centerin New Orleans. Congratulations tothese two outstanding individuals.

The May 2 Crawfish Party wasattended by 200 seafood lovers andwas a huge success again this year.

Active service awards were pre-sented at the June 20 general member-ship meeting, along with food andrefreshments for members and guests.Congratulations to all recipients.

We welcome new members CharlieDeubler, Robert Marsh and NiecieCoyle.

We are saddened to report thepassing of Bros. Andre Bayhi, AnthonyTramontana and Henry Hitt. Our con-dolences to their families and friends.May they rest in peace.

Our next quarterly membership

meeting is scheduled for September 19in the Alexander room. We hope tosee you there.

BUDDY CARVER, P.S.

Come Join UsRETIREES CLUB OF L.U. 313,

WILMINGTON, DE—As a reminder toall of our retired brothers and sisters,our retirees club holds its monthlymeetings at 10 a.m. on the firstWednesday of the month from Sep-tember through May. Please feel freeto stop by around 9:30 a.m. for pastryand coffee. The meetings usually havea guest speaker, followed by lunchconsisting of a verity of cold cuts andfresh rolls with all the trimmings.There are also plenty of cold drinks towash it all down. So why not markyour calendar and come join us onSeptember 4 and share lunch and afew old stories. Hope to see you there.

Please be sure to send in yourresponse card for the August 24 Fam-ily Picnic. Last year’s Labor Day Paradewas a great success; so don’t miss thisyear’s parade on September 2. Our100-year anniversary celebration willbe held on September 14 at the newhotel at the Dover Downs Complexbuilt by union labor.

RICHARD R. WAGNER JR., P.S.

Annual MeetingRETIREES CLUB OF L.U. 558,

SHEFFIELD, AL—Our retirees werevery busy this past year. There wereabout 45-50 members in attendance atthe June 2001 meeting. Bro. Paul Mont-gomery won the award for having theoldest initiation date among attendees.Bro. William O. Dugless was also rec-ognized for his attendance. He was 89years young at that time.

The Retirees Club raised funds forthe Christmas Fund, with a goal setand met at $2,000. The funds wereused to help 22 needy families.Thanks to all who helped.

The Retirees Club has been busypreparing for our annual June meet-

ing, which promises to be filled withfun, food and fellowship. All retireesare welcome and encouraged toattend. If you need a ride, contactPres. Tom Whitfield at his home num-ber. He will be glad to help you. Whata great way to relive some old timeswith people you worked with. Bring acovered dish and come be a part of agreat group. God bless you all.

BELINDA PHILLIPS, P.S.

A Thoughtful CallRETIREES CLUB OF L.U. 639, SAN

LUIS OBISPO, CA—Our meetings areheld on the second Thursday of eachmonth at 1 p.m., and our dues are $12per year. We also have a 50/50 draw-ing to help pay expenses. We enjoyeda Top Block Barbecue with refresh-ments at a recent meeting. We deliv-ered dinners to several incapacitatedmembers, and they were very grateful.

Ninth Dist. Int. Vice Pres. Michael S.Mowrey attended a recent local unionmeeting that was attended by manyretirees. Unfortunately, I had surgerythat day and was unable to attend. Tomy surprise, Mike called me at homeseveral days later and wished me afast recovery and expressed his regretthat I couldn’t be at the meeting.

Needless to say, the call coming fromsomeone in Mike’s position was a realtreat for me.

BILL PAPICH, P.S.

Welcome, New MembersRETIREES CLUB OF L.U. 640,

PHOENIX, AZ—We would like to wel-come the 24 new retirees to theGolden Age Road Runners Club. Theyare Bobby Harris, Conroy Page, KipPinkerton, Charlie Tedder, MartinMcNamara, Don Verble, Jerry Howe,Arthur Valenzuela, Leo Flynn, JohnYakkel, Jerry Hoopes, Robert Wallace,Raymond Lindell, Raymond Troiani,Craig Jones, Willey Atchley, RamondO’Clair, Ken Frederickson, RobertRobertson, Sherwood Leon McLane,

Joseph Perrin, Merv Brewer, SladeGerholt and Charles Wright. We lookforward to seeing you at our nextbreakfast on October 18 at 9:30 a.m. atthe Local 640 meeting hall.

Nominating Committee ChairmanDutch Van Ess is seeking candidates tofill vacancies left by outgoing club offi-cers. This is a great opportunity forsome of the new retirees to run foroffice. Dutch said that he would liketo see some of our female membersget involved. The term is for twoyears. We only meet 16 times in thosetwo years, and as outgoing SecretaryKen Bodnicki stated, “It’s not a lifesentence.” Come join us!

JAMES J. MACK, P.S.

Health and Welfare UpdateRETIREES CLUB OF L.U. 692, BAY

CITY, MI—With the return of warmerclimate, meeting attendance hasincreased. We have a couple of outingsplanned for this summer, including acruise on the Saginaw Bay and a break-fast with spouses and guests. At thiswriting, the final plans for the ball gameand casino trip are not yet completed.

At our April meeting Bus. Mgr./Fin.Sec. Tom Ryder gave an update on theHealth and Welfare Plan and what

changes will be implemented. Hespoke to us on how we will beaffected, and said there will be highercosts across the board for everyone.The amount of work in our jurisdictionand the state is at a low point, and thepresent amount of contributions beingmade by the active members cannotsustain the amount of funds requiredfor the Health and Welfare Plan.

This naturally leads us to theNovember elections. Let us activelypursue the goal to find jobs for asmany Republicans as possible—out ofthe government of course! TheSupreme Court chose the president. Afriend of labor—no he never has beenand will never be!

THOMAS S. OSLUND, R.S./P.S.


Annual PicnicRETIREES CLUB OF L.U. 3, NEW

YORK, NY, NORTH FLORIDA CHAP-TER—Our new Pres. Bob Rosenhouchand his wife, Sandy, along with manyhelpers, put together a beautiful picnicat Morikami Park in Delray.

Many thanks to head cook MorrisRothenberg and helpers Joel Gennoa,Harold Newman and Dan Simon. Theweather was beautiful and all had agreat time.

DANIEL SIMON, P.S.

Surprise VisitorRETIREES CLUB OF L.U. 3, NEW

YORK, NY, SOUTH FLORIDA CHAP-TER—Greetings from sunny and beau-tiful South Florida. At our installationmeeting and luncheon in February, wehad a surprise visit from Bus. Mgr.Thomas Van Arsdale, who took thetime from his busy schedule to visit us.What an honor it was to have him stopby and see how our retirees are doingin South Florida.

He was kind enough to swear in ourofficers and directors, and also gave aninformative talk on what is going on inNew York, the union, and other topicsof interest to our members. Thank you,Thomas, for visiting with us.

Our new officers for 2002 are Pres.Richard Wilgosz, Vice Pres. Bernard Cit-ron, Fin. Sec. Alan Rosenfeld and Treas.

Harry Drucker. The Board of Directorsare Tom Connors, Hans Diebele,Leonard Kaye, Murray Abromowitz, SidNeidelman and Morris Stevelman. Thechaplain is Rita Stevelman and the cor-respondence secretary is Rhoda Gold-stein. Congratulations to all.

RICHARD WILGOSZ, P.S.

Still Going StrongRETIREES CLUB OF L.U. 3, NEW

YORK, NY, WESTCHESTER/ PUTNAMCHAPTER—We are pleased to wishChairman Joe Jacobson a happy 104thbirthday.

Because of our May 13 fishing trip atBayberry Land, we held our elections atthe April meeting. Congratulations toChairman Ray Chirles, First Vice Chair-man Dominick Pironti, Second ViceChairman James O’Donnell, Fin. Sec.Vincent Panzarino, Treas. Angelo Mar-tin, Rec. Sec. Edward A. Rubow andSergeant-At-Arms John Wasilko. TheTrustees are Salvatore Palazzolo (threeyears), James Tobias (two years) andAnthony Ruocco (one year).

The computer class for seniorsbegan on April 16 at the union halland was well attended. We are off to agood start.

Our newly appointed Special EventsChairman Bill Robinson is looking intomore social functions for us to enjoy.

VINCENT PANZARINO, P.S.

Worst Possible CandidateRETIREES CLUB OF L.U. 11, LOS

ANGELES, CA—In my report on theLA mayoral election I expressed thefear that our previous Mayor Riordonwould be tough to beat in the upcom-ing governor’s race. Well, we don’thave to worry about “Mr. Conservative”anymore, he didn’t make the cut. Thebad news is he got beat by this catwho is so right wing we thought hedidn’t have a chance. He also claimedRonald Reagan and George Bush as hismentors on his television ads. It’s likehaving Rush Limbaugh on the ballot.His name is Simon, and if he getselected working people in this statewill be moved farther down the totempole. Where’s the next Cesar Chavez?How about a new Franklin D? Isn’tthere a political candidate who canhelp the working stiff?

Winter is gone and warm days arehere. This is the time of the year tovisit this magnificent state. Balmy daysand cool evenings make you realizewhy this place is so crowded, and if itwere like this all year it would betwice as crowded. Best wishes to theBrotherhood.

MARTY SHANAHAN, P.S.

Proud of our RetireesRETIREES CLUB OF L.U. 22,

OMAHA, NE—The annual retiredmembers’ dinner and service pinaward ceremony was held on Satur-day, May 18, with 58 retirees receivingawards. Local 22 was proud to honorthese members for the service theygave to making this local the proudorganization that it is today.

Congratulations to 60-year membersCharles Burns, Erwin Grabenstein andCharles Rice, 55-year membersHoward Bolton, Gerald Hotz, ArchieBoscardin and Leon Herre, 50-yearmembers Robert Andersen, RobertJackson, Robert Koch, Charles Pool,Willard Goranson, Charles Jensen,Frank Kripal, Robert Smith, Gary Hoff-man, Don Jorgensen and Bernard Olt-man, 45-year members John Baatz,Don Freyer, Art Hazelton, Gordon Kin-nison, Paul Opocensky, Joe Slezak,Gerald Collins, Sebastian Falcone, BobJarvis, Henry Munch, Wilbur Pupkes,Lou Tomcak, Frank Franco, Arlon Fis-cher, Leroy Jones, William Nuno andRobert Risk, 40-year members JoeBeran, Frank Hengen, Mitchell Lind-gren, Don McCormick, Jim Currie, JerryHimmelberg, Don Marcheck, DonSmith, Dan Day, Al Jensen, Irvin Massand Doug Wolkow, 35-year membersRobert Chruma, Edwin Karnish, FredShadlow, Harold Gillespie, Ken Schae-fer, John Slezak, Lorry Ingersol andGerald Schmitt and 30-year mem-

bers Bernard Lemon and Greg Pettis.WALTER ZYLA, P.S.

Election of OfficersRETIREES CLUB OF L.U. 41, BUF-

FALO, NY—We elected officers for atwo-year term at our May meeting.Congratulations to Pres. Al Meyers, VicePres. Jerry Klier, Sec. Dennis Bauer,Treas. Frank Mahoney and Sergeant atArms John Drew. The Executive Boardmembers are Ralph Walters (chairman),Norm Byer, Dick Friedman, Milt Pfeif-fer, and two new members, Dick Nel-son and Tom Rettig.

The club thanks Bro. Will Hardy forall his many years of service as secre-tary, and also Bros. Frank Gialloretoand Ralph Egloff for their many yearsof service on the Executive Board. Wewish them good luck in the future.

We went on a three-day bus trip toLancaster, PA, where we saw “AnnieGet Your Gun” at the Dutch AppleDinner Theater and “Daniel” at theSight and Sound Theater.

We are going on a Seneca Lake lun-cheon cruise in August, and to Wheel-ing, WV, to see the Loretta Lynn showin November. We hope to see youthere.

JERRY KLIER, P.S.

Good TurnoutRETIREES CLUB OF L.U. 99, PROV-

IDENCE, RI—We had a good turnoutfor our May breakfast at the Lancel-lotta Restaurant in North Providence,where many retirees received their 50-65-year service pin awards. Congratu-lations to all service award recipients.

At our June meeting that includedour spouses, we had a guest speakerexplain all about our Rhode Islandemergency 911 system.

We wish good health and a speedyrecovery to Bros. Paul Jansen, LouCharette and Joe Reilly.

We are saddened by the passing ofa wonderful brother, Angelo Chellel,who served on the Examining Boardfor many years.

Enjoy the summer with good healthand happiness. Remember to keep thespirit of brotherhood strong and alive.God bless you always.

PAT COLUCCI, P.S.

Summer ActivitiesRETIREES CLUB OF L.U. 103,

BOSTON, MA—Our last casino trip wasto the Mohegan Sun Casino, recentlycompleted 100 percent union with out-standing lighting by our Connecticutlocal unions. With summer upon us,the Executive Board has added dayfishing trips in pristine Boston waters.We also have workday tee times formembers wishing to play golf, along


RETIREESSome Local3, New York,NY, NorthFloridaChapterRetirees Clubmembers atthe AnnualPicnic held atMorikamiPark inDelray.

Local 3, New York, NY, South Florida Chapter Retirees Club officers andBoard of Directors are, from left, back row, Vice Pres. Bernard Citron, Fin.Sec. Alan Rosenfeld, Pres. Richard Wilgosz, (visiting Local 3 Bus. Mgr.Thomas Van Arsdale), Board of Directors Tom Connors, Hans Diebele,Leonard Kaye and Murray Abromowitz, and seated, from left, Board ofDirectors Sid Neidelman and Morris Stevelman, Chaplain Rita Stevelmanand correspondence secretary Rhoda Goldstein. (Not pictured is Treas.Harry Drucker).

Local 103, Boston, MA, Retirees Club, Local 103 headquarters building onthe Boston Harbor.

Local 130, New Orleans, LA,Retirees Club member Ralph Foxand his lovely wife, Myriam, werethe king and queen for the day at aMardi Gras Ball held at theChateau De Notre Dame LivingCenter in New Orleans.

Local 313, Wilmington, DE,Retirees Club member William“Scotty” Hudghton, left, welcomesnewly retired Bro. John Morris.

Local 639, San LouisObispo, CA, Retirees Clubmembers Ted Hall (for-mer business manager),left, and Ralph Brown,right, with Ninth Dist. Int.Rep. Dan Bowers, secondfrom left, and Ninth Dist.Int. Vice Pres. MikeMowrey, second fromright, at a recent localunion meeting.

Local 692, Bay City, MI, Retirees Club members are, from left, front row,Tom Oslund, Bill Dittenber, Walt Kienbaum, Bill Clements, Gus Voisine,Ron Voisine, Clarence Techlin and Jerry Prevost, and back row, AlHorneber, Bob Young, Jack Oslund, Don Ahler, Fred Schmidt and JerryBurley at the April 2002 Retirees Club meeting.

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1 Neal, D. R. 6,250.003 Citranglo, S. J. 12,500.003 Colaiacovo, V. 6,250.003 Fiumefreddo, S. A. 12,500.003 Linker, F. L. 6,250.003 Rykowski, R. F. 6,250.003 Sonera, A. L. 3,333.345 Kniess, D. H. 6,250.0011 Fabbro, J. M. 6,250.0011 Van Cleave, K. W. 6,250.0014 Bores, R. A. 12,500.0020 Reddell, R. L. 6,250.0020 Strowenjans, D. A. 3,125.0024 Boyd, J. B. 12,500.0024 Johnson, R. K. 6,250.0025 Buerkert Jr., R. A. 6,250.0032 Geiger, V. F. 6,250.0038 Lichniak, J. R. 6,250.0046 Dean, D. W. 6,250.0058 Lawrence, B. J. 6,250.0060 Green, R. W. 6,250.0064 Burell, J. E. 6,250.0064 Seltzer, M. D. 5,000.0071 White, G. R. 6,250.0082 Alley, E. 6,250.0082 Portis, W. A. 6,250.0099 Leduc, R. 6,250.00100 Sheridan, C. E. 6,250.0024 Brown, G. S. 6,250.00136 Swinford, R. J. 5,000.00236 Shea, D. G. 6,250.00258 Bellerose, R. 5,000.00269 Robak Jr., T. P. 5,000.00275 Leenhouts, J. D. 6,250.00307 Grubb, G. W. 6,250.00325 Bujake Sr., G. J. 6,250.00342 Forester, B. D. 6,250.00354 Hernon, P. J. 12,500.00365 Barnard, D. C. 6,250.00424 Rybak, E. R. 5,000.00429 Cates, L. M. 12,500.00443 Windham, J. H. 6,250.00474 Duvall, C. M. 6,250.00479 Ortiz, J. A. 8,333.33481 Zirkelback, D. A. 6,250.00520 Frank, J. G. 6,250.00551 Costello, G. L. 6,250.00567 Anderson, L. A. 6,250.00568 Chantal, Y. 6,250.00568 Rainville, E. 6,250.00569 Kaundart, S. R. 6,250.00613 Tellis, R. O. 6,250.00683 Roehl, H. M. 6,250.00716 Frazier, M. W. 6,250.00716 Merritt, S. E. 6,250.00716 Newcome, K. W. 6,250.00852 Warren, R. D. 6,250.00861 Martin, R. R. 6,250.00876 McNeal, S. E. 5,000.00934 Vermillion, S. E. 6,250.001002 Mayes, M. C. 6,250.001245 Pangburn, R. W. 5,000.001516 Boyd, K. 3,000.001759 McClure, R. L. 6,250.00

I.O. (3) Manzo, V. 6,250.00I.O. (120) Marshall, G. J. 6,250.00I.O. (379) Mullis, O. L. 6,250.00Pens. (1) Beas, O. E. 3,000.00Pens. (1) Edgar, R. C. 3,000.00Pens. (1) Ferguson Jr., C. D. 3,000.00 Pens. (1) McMackins, R. G. 3,000.00Pens. (1) Parson, J. I. 3,000.00 Pens. (1) Roling, H. E. 3,000.00 Pens. (1) Rosner, J. L. 3,000.00Pens. (2) Callahan, W. D. 3,000.00Pens. (3) Alleva, A. 5,534.32Pens. (3) Beiserman, H. B. 3,000.00Pens. (3) Butner, J. A. 3,000.00 Pens. (3) Calderone, A. 3,000.00Pens. (3) Clapper, M. 3,000.00Pens. (3) Dunn, H. J. 3,000.00Pens. (3) Fiedler, M. 3,000.00Pens. (3) Glass, H. R. 3,000.00Pens. (3) Knabe, W. K. 3,000.00Pens. (3) Kolb, J. J. 3,000.00Pens. (3) Kvartek, W. F. 3,000.00Pens. (3) Nassaur, W. E. 3,000.00Pens. (3) Rosenberg, L. 3,000.00Pens. (3) Russo, P. C. 3,728.50Pens. (3) Seegmuller, A. 3,000.00Pens. (3) Snyder, A. R. 3,000.00Pens. (3) Tagliatela, C. 3,000.00Pens. (6) Dolan, J. 3,000.00Pens. (6) Hyman, B. 3,000.00Pens. (6) Paccioretti, A. P. 3,000.00Pens. (7) Merriman, J. I. 3,000.00Pens. (8) Ledford, E. J. 3,000.00Pens. (9) Overstreet, K. E. 3,000.00Pens. (10) Barnett, J. H. 3,000.00Pens. (11) Colton, M. 3,000.00Pens. (11) Davis, W. O. 3,000.00Pens. (11) Elsasser, C. H. 3,000.00Pens. (11) Foley, I. E. 3,000.00Pens. (11) Gates, R. N. 3,000.00Pens. (11) Lutz, L. H. 3,000.00Pens. (11) Reagan, M. F. 3,000.00Pens. (11) Reichel, G. G. 3,000.00Pens. (11) Samuelson, R. O. 3,000.00Pens. (11) Shapiro, L. 3,000.00Pens. (11) Smith, R. L. 3,000.00Pens. (11) Teska, D. W. 3,000.00Pens. (11) Verdugo, T. R. 3,000.00Pens. (11) Watson, C. M. 3,000.00Pens. (11) Whitney, H. E. 3,000.00Pens. (11) Wunderley, W. E. 2,400.00Pens. (16) Baldwin, J. G. 3,000.00Pens. (18) Daugherty, T. L. 3,000.00Pens. (20) Purdy, R. H. 4,804.14Pens. (22) Jensen Jr., H. J. 3,000.00Pens. (23) Gagnon, T. J. 3,000.00Pens. (24) Burton, D. M. 3,000.00Pens. (24) Manolovich Jr., W. 3,000.00Pens. (25) Covell, R. F. 3,000.00Pens. (25) Efimetz, L. V. 3,000.00Pens. (25) Lazzaro, P. 3,000.00Pens. (25) Marchese, M. J. 3,000.00Pens. (25) Markowski, P. 3,000.00Pens. (25) McNulty, G. J. 3,000.00

Pens. (26) Mollohan, G. E. 3,109.46Pens. (26) Pope, J. W. 3,000.00Pens. (35) Fox, J. G. 3,743.50Pens. (35) Weigert, N. L. 3,000.00Pens. (38) Mordarski, W. R. 3,000.00Pens. (41) Freedman, S. 3,000.00Pens. (41) Parsons, F. S. 2,400.00Pens. (41) Simpson, D. R. 3,000.00Pens. (42) Shibley Jr., L. L. 3,000.00Pens. (46) Fisher, L. D. 3,000.00Pens. (46) Halbakken, M. 3,000.00Pens. (46) Kemp, A. B. 5,229.50Pens. (46) Oakford, R. S. 3,000.00Pens. (46) Smestead, G. H. 3,000.00Pens. (46) Wade, D. W. 3,000.00Pens. (48) Ferrell, W. A. 3,000.00Pens. (48) Lawrence, G. C. 3,000.00Pens. (49) Erwin, J. A. 3,000.00Pens. (49) Gibson, C. M. 3,000.00Pens. (51) Roegner, R. W. 3,000.00Pens. (51) Travis, E. R. 2,400.00Pens. (52) Barba, J. M. 3,000.00Pens. (57) Bolton, G. W. 3,000.00Pens. (57) Burnham, A. J. 3,000.00Pens. (57) Harris, S. A. 3,000.00Pens. (58) Farnam, D. L. 3,000.00Pens. (58) Kinney, D. A. 3,000.00Pens. (58) Kolb, V. G. 3,000.00Pens. (58) Koller, R. E. 3,000.00Pens. (58) Locker, H. R. 3,000.00Pens. (58) McElfresh, H. E. 3,000.00Pens. (58) Mlynarek Jr., A. L. . 3,000.00Pens. (58) Morrison, F. T. 3,000.00Pens. (58) Tracy, E. L. 3,000.00Pens. (64) Hamilton Sr., J. E. 3,000.00Pens. (66) Bergen, R. E. 4,084.03Pens. (66) Noland, W. 3,000.00Pens. (68) Carter, J. A. 3,000.00Pens. (68) Craven, S. A. 2,400.00Pens. (68) Duncan, V. E. 3,000.00Pens. (68) Gibson, G. 3,685.00Pens. (68) Rhodes, R. L. 3,000.00Pens. (73) Reames, H. B. 3,000.00Pens. (73) Sander, J. 3,000.00Pens. (76) Schafer, L. 3,000.00Pens. (76) Welsh, R. L. 3,000.00Pens. (77) Allen, C. B. 3,000.00Pens. (77) Anderson, M. L. 3,000.00Pens. (77) Barton, D. L. 3,305.20Pens. (77) Cox, O. D. 3,000.00Pens. (77) Crane, P. W. 3,000.00Pens. (77) Jenkins, A. L. 3,000.00Pens. (77) Reid, D. S. 3,000.00Pens. (81) Hart, T. F. 3,000.00Pens. (81) Heil, H. J. 3,000.00Pens. (82) Short, C. R. 3,000.00Pens. (82) Winters, C. E. 3,000.00Pens. (90) Hatton, J. G. 3,000.00Pens. (98) Homan, R. 3,000.00Pens. (98) Righter, E. J. 3,000.00Pens. (98) Sellers, R. F. 3,000.00Pens. (99) Chellel, A. 3,000.00Pens. (100) Calhoun Jr., T. R. 3,000.00Pens. (100) Wilcken, C. H. 3,000.00

Pens. (102) Bolton, B. L. 5,320.50Pens. (102) Cristiano Jr., E. V. 3,000.00Pens. (102) Davanzo, D. A. 4,192.00Pens. (102) Huff, R. A. 3,000.00Pens. (102) Padgette, W. B. 3,000.00Pens. (102) Picconi, L. J. 4,986.50Pens. (103) Barnes, H. J. 3,000.00Pens. (103) Cronin, J. P. 3,000.00Pens. (103) Cutler, S. 3,000.00Pens. (103) Dean Jr., W. E. 3,000.00Pens. (103) Doughty, R. 3,000.00Pens. (103) Pupa, F. A. 3,000.00Pens. (103) Rollins, T. J. 3,000.00Pens. (103) Sullivan, W. M. 3,000.00Pens. (104) Caissie, C. J. 3,000.00Pens. (105) Childs, C. 3,000.00Pens. (108) Whittle, W. C. 3,000.00Pens. (109) Vinson, R. D. 3,000.00Pens. (111) Penton, M. J. 3,000.00Pens. (112) Griffin, E. L. 3,000.00Pens. (113) Haugdahl, C. A. 3,000.00Pens. (121) Gissel, L. W. 3,000.00Pens. (124) Barnes Jr., R. 3,000.00Pens. (124) Davis, W. W. 3,000.00Pens. (124) Eckert, F. R. 4,144.00Pens. (124) Selecman, M. L. 3,000.00Pens. (124) Thornton, D. R. 3,000.00Pens. (125) Adams, L. D. 3,000.00Pens. (125) Hiatt, F. S. 3,000.00Pens. (125) Schmuckal, W. J. 3,000.00Pens. (126) Tageson, J. M. 3,000.00Pens. (130) Arthur, R. A. 3,000.00Pens. (130) Bayhi, A. J. 3,000.00Pens. (130) Tramontana, A. G. 3,000.00Pens. (131) Parker, C. G. 3,000.00Pens. (134) Brennan Jr., E. J. 3,000.00Pens. (134) Condella, S. V. 3,000.00Pens. (134) Feret, R. C. 3,000.00Pens. (134) Galas, S. S. 3,000.00Pens. (134) Hobin, J. F. 3,000.00Pens. (134) Hoskins, W. 3,000.00Pens. (134) Kenny, G. M. 3,000.00Pens. (134) Kimmey, F. E. 3,000.00Pens. (134) Lehmann, A. H. 3,000.00Pens. (134) Macarol, P. 4,409.54Pens. (134) Mayer, J. A. 3,000.00Pens. (134) McDonald, D. J. 3,000.00Pens. (134) Ruby, C. W. 3,000.00Pens. (134) Smith, C. E. 3,000.00Pens. (134) Storniolo, S. 3,000.00Pens. (134) Tichy, R. J. 3,000.00Pens. (136) Parsons, R. H. 3,000.00Pens. (141) Rinkes, A. D. 3,000.00Pens. (144) Olszewski, W. J. 3,000.00Pens. (144) Sweet, G. W. 3,000.00Pens. (153) Kloko, W. E. 3,000.00Pens. (159) Peterson, M. G. 3,511.60Pens. (160) Bradshaw, R. 3,000.00Pens. (163) Mankovich, J. A. 3,000.00Pens. (165) Rosengren, R. 3,000.00Pens. (175) Adams, W. D. 3,000.00Pens. (175) Cooley, W. 3,000.00Pens. (175) Moore, T. W. 3,000.00Pens. (175) Ward, A. R. 3,000.00

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INMEMORIAMPBF Death Claims Approved for Payment in April 2002

Pens. (176) Hiland, T. M. 3,000.00Pens. (176) Kile, F. J. 2,000.00Pens. (181) Collver, D. 3,000.00Pens. (183) Mathis, W. R. 3,000.00Pens. (193) Howard, M. H. 3,000.00Pens. (193) Mayfield, D. E. 3,000.00Pens. (193) Stefancic Sr., D. E. 3,207.25Pens. (194) Dawson, D. C. 2,400.00Pens. (202) Maul, F. W. 3,000.00Pens. (213) VanKervel, H. H. 3,000.00Pens. (223) Mellman Jr., M. W. 3,000.00Pens. (223) Shumway, F. E. 3,000.00Pens. (226) Fetterhoof, V. E. 3,000.00Pens. (226) Freeman, E. N. 3,000.00Pens. (226) Ranum, R. V. 3,000.00Pens. (226) Stice, G. W. 3,000.00Pens. (230) Parker, S. 2,400.00Pens. (234) Bonnema, R. 3,000.00Pens. (234) Roberts, H. D. 3,000.00Pens. (238) Ramsey, J. G. 3,000.00Pens. (245) Clark, T. M. 3,000.00Pens. (246) Battistel, R. G. 1,000.00Pens. (252) Schultz, D. G. 3,000.00Pens. (257) Caselman, J. E. 3,000.00Pens. (258) Fleming, R. 3,000.00Pens. (258) McNeice, T. A. 3,000.00Pens. (263) Allen, D. M. 3,000.00Pens. (271) Branscum, J. B. 3,000.00Pens. (271) Huebert, H. N. 3,000.00Pens. (276) Gunnum, T. W. 2,400.00Pens. (280) Thompson, V. 3,000.00Pens. (288) Schultz, H. R. 3,000.00Pens. (292) Erickson, J. C. 3,000.00Pens. (292) Hoffman, V. V. 3,000.00Pens. (294) Kratt, R. G. 3,000.00Pens. (294) Sterns, H. A. 3,000.00Pens. (304) Vacek, J. J. 3,000.00Pens. (305) Lineback, D. H. 3,000.00Pens. (305) Seal, F. L. 3,000.00Pens. (308) Blalock, W. C. 3,000.00Pens. (309) Knapp, C. J. 3,000.00Pens. (314) Stacey, I. L. 3,000.00Pens. (317) Clark, B. M. 3,000.00Pens. (321) Derango, C. 3,000.00Pens. (323) Grummons, C. J. 3,000.00Pens. (324) Thompson, R. W. 3,000.00Pens. (325) Perry, R. F. 3,000.00Pens. (329) May, A. F. 3,000.00Pens. (340) Atkinson, G. K. 3,000.00Pens. (340) Clark, W. C. 3,000.00Pens. (340) Cotter, H. R. 3,000.00Pens. (340) Love, C. R. 3,000.00Pens. (349) Angely, J. H. 3,000.00Pens. (349) Eib, D. O. 3,000.00Pens. (349) McLachlan, F. S. 2,400.00Pens. (353) Patterson, C. G. 3,000.00Pens. (354) Woodbury, M. W. 3,000.00Pens. (363) Costanzo Jr., S. 3,000.00Pens. (365) Farmer, S. C. 3,000.00Pens. (369) Berry, E. D. 1,210.00Pens. (369) Settle Jr., A. T. 5,946.72Pens. (369) Shepherd, H. E. 3,000.00Pens. (379) Nicholson, L. E. 3,000.00Pens. (379) Shuford, D. G. 3,000.00Pens. (379) Vannoy, C. A. 3,000.00Pens. (380) Roussel, J. N. 3,000.00Pens. (391) Rutland Jr., B. 3,000.00Pens. (395) Fridrich, L. F. 3,000.00Pens. (405) Murphy, H. J. 3,000.00Pens. (415) Gourley, H. 3,000.00Pens. (439) Nunn Jr., J. T. 3,000.00Pens. (441) Jones, G. E. 3,000.00Pens. (443) Loftin, F. E. 3,000.00

Pens. (459) Kiehlmeier, J. G. 3,000.00Pens. (460) Cappadona, P. 2,400.00Pens. (461) Baum, D. J. 3,000.00Pens. (465) Sulek, E. S. 3,000.00Pens. (474) Raymond, E. L. 3,000.00Pens. (479) Jones, F. D. 3,000.00Pens. (480) Moss, J. T. 3,000.00Pens. (483) Gunther, C. A. 3,000.00Pens. (490) Morin Sr., R. C. 3,000.00Pens. (494) Meingast, W. J. 3,000.00Pens. (494) Scott III, D. W. 5,484.18Pens. (494) West, R. P. 3,000.00Pens. (494) Wiedeman, R. 3,000.00Pens. (495) Suggs, W. B. 2,400.00Pens. (505) Harrell, L. G. 3,000.00Pens. (508) Hinely, H. C. 3,000.00Pens. (518) Anglin, C. S. 3,000.00Pens. (518) Simmons, D. D. 3,000.00Pens. (527) Hocker, M. M. 3,000.00Pens. (531) Lain, S. A. 3,000.00Pens. (531) Wooton, H. 3,000.00Pens. (532) Johnsen, G. T. 3,000.00Pens. (551) Chase, A. B. 3,000.00Pens. (558) Austin, G. R. 3,000.00Pens. (558) Chandler, T. W. 3,000.00Pens. (558) Hill, J. W. 3,000.00Pens. (561) Spencer, J. G. 3,000.00Pens. (568) Berger, C. 3,000.00Pens. (568) Seguin, M. 3,000.00Pens. (569) Freed, W. C. 3,000.00Pens. (569) MacIntyre, R. F. 3,000.00Pens. (569) Weise, L. A. 3,000.00Pens. (584) Bishop, A. E. 3,064.00Pens. (592) Pinto, V. J. 3,000.00Pens. (595) Martell, R. F. 3,000.00Pens. (595) Skaggs, F. H. 3,000.00Pens. (602) Delaney, J. F. 3,000.00Pens. (602) Overly, R. E. 3,000.00Pens. (611) Allison, L. E. 3,000.00Pens. (613) Parker, C. F. 3,000.00Pens. (617) Silva, T. O. 3,000.00Pens. (618) Paper, J. W. 2,400.00Pens. (623) Cashell, T. C. 3,000.00Pens. (623) Hale, J. V. 3,000.00Pens. (629) Murray, G. L. 3,000.00Pens. (632) Harris, F. M. 3,000.00Pens. (637) Thomas Jr., A. H. 3,000.00Pens. (639) McLaughlan, D. 3,000.00Pens. (640) Brice, T. C. 3,000.00Pens. (640) Collins, F. G. 3,000.00Pens. (659) Bormuth, H. E. 3,000.00Pens. (665) Coryell, W. G. 3,000.00Pens. (665) Lake, V. E. 3,000.00Pens. (666) Henshaw, C. L. 3,000.00Pens. (666) Kelley, R. E. 3,842.14Pens. (666) Smith, E. L. 3,000.00Pens. (667) Compton, P. 3,000.00Pens. (668) Greenwood, R. E. 3,000.00Pens. (676) Owen, J. L. 3,000.00Pens. (676) Tritt, R. H. 3,000.00Pens. (684) Pedlowe Jr., W. E. 3,000.00Pens. (697) Dugan, J. R. 3,000.00Pens. (700) Hastings, D. D. 3,000.00Pens. (700) Hughes Jr., J. L. 3,000.00Pens. (700) Newman, J. P. 3,000.00Pens. (701) Hoppe, F. H. 3,935.31Pens. (702) Weightman, G. V. 3,000.00Pens. (708) Scheuch, L. W. 3,000.00Pens. (712) Basile, P. T. 3,000.00Pens. (712) Merritt, J. L. 3,000.00Pens. (712) Phillips, M. W. 3,000.00Pens. (716) Blank, W. M. 3,000.00Pens. (716) McBee, M. A. 3,000.00

Pens. (721) Ragland, R. F. 3,000.00Pens. (723) Reinert, T. J. 3,000.00Pens. (724) Coughlin Jr., B. J. 3,000.00Pens. (725) Czomak, J. J. 3,000.00Pens. (734) Boyd, W. H. 3,000.00Pens. (756) Wrenn, H. D. 3,000.00Pens. (768) Goodsell, J. A. 4,975.24Pens. (772) Crowe, J. P. 3,000.00Pens. (774) Willenbrink, C. H. 3,000.00Pens. (794) Roll, I. M. 3,000.00Pens. (794) Schurke, C. L. 3,000.00Pens. (801) Weldon, F. G. 3,000.00Pens. (812) Dorner, J. F. 3,000.00Pens. (814) Fulton, J. S. 3,000.00Pens. (814) King, L. E. 3,000.00Pens. (814) Robertson, L. L. 3,000.00Pens. (816) Johnson, J. N. 3,000.00Pens. (816) Yarbrough, J. P. 3,000.00Pens. (841) Bowles, G. B. 3,000.00Pens. (846) Dockery, A. B. 3,000.00Pens. (846) Schild, W. M. 3,000.00Pens. (852) Drew, J. D. 3,000.00Pens. (852) Savage, M. B. 3,000.00Pens. (861) Guillory, R. J. 3,000.00Pens. (861) Kitchens, E. L. 3,000.00Pens. (864) Misiukiewicz, J. A. 3,000.00Pens. (885) Zeller, A. E. 3,000.00Pens. (895) Stewart, O. A. 3,000.00Pens. (903) Parker, W. T. 3,000.00Pens. (934) Brewer, R. R. 3,000.00Pens. (934) Swink, C. M. 1,627.50Pens. (944) Layton, C. R. 3,000.00Pens. (949) Duncanson, L. R. 3,000.00Pens. (968) Parker, J. M. 3,000.00Pens. (982) Rohweller, D. G. 3,000.00Pens. (985) Etheridge, E. E. 3,000.00Pens. (993) Foley, E. 3,000.00Pens. (995) Keller, G. J. 3,000.00Pens. (997) Shaw, R. 3,000.00Pens. (1002) Bardin, J. W. 3,000.00Pens. (1077) Rogers, H. T. 3,000.00Pens. (1134) Blackman, N. 3,000.00Pens. (1141) Hayes, E. L. 3,000.00Pens. (1142) Carter Jr., J. L. 3,000.00Pens. (1245) Spears, J. B. 3,000.00Pens. (1249) Dafoe, L. 3,000.00Pens. (1249) Francis, F. 3,000.00Pens. (1249) Fullex, R. T. 4,848.86Pens. (1330) Rutko, A. 3,000.00Pens. (1339) Bartin, F. W. 3,000.00Pens. (1339) Cavers, W. E. 3,000.00Pens. (1339) Goldsmith, J. F. 3,000.00Pens. (1377) Young, A. C. 3,000.00Pens. (1393) Bowers, G. R. 3,000.00Pens. (1393) Button, H. H. 3,000.00Pens. (1393) Cain, R. L. 3,000.00Pens. (1393) Mosteller, R. E. 2,400.00Pens. (1426) Stovik, L. M. 3,000.00Pens. (1484) O’Connell, M. J. 3,000.00Pens. (1503) Hayes, C. M. 3,000.00Pens. (1522) Neuhaus, K. H. 3,000.00Pens. (1529) Blocker, R. T. 3,000.00Pens. (1547) Carlson, C. J. 3,000.00Pens. (1579) Dyson, R. 3,000.00Pens. (1579) Tillman, M. 3,000.00Pens. (1701) Brown, R. M. 3,000.00Pens. (1744) Lichtenstein, R. 3,000.00Pens. (1758) Whitaker, W. R. 3,000.00Pens. (2113) McAfee, J. E. 3,050.00Pens. (2150) Ankerson, E. M. 3,000.00Pens. (2150) Porsow, R. A. 3,000.00Pens. (2293) Knight, J. H. 3,000.00Pens. (2295) DeLaittre, R. A. 3,000.00

Pens. (2295) Swaaley, M. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Anderson Jr., J. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Baker, H. E. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Berard, D. K. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Bergbower, E. F. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Blethen Sr., L. V. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Boone, C. W. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Bridgwood, E. L. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Brindis Jr., F. A. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Bruno, L. A. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Campbell, A. J. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Caudullo, S. F. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Cohen, M. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Coin, A. T. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Dunfield, M. L. 2,400.00Pens. (I.O.) Ehle, F. D. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Esse, G. P. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Everling, R. E. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Fisher, R. L. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Geremia, G. M. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Glasgow, F. E. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Glenner, E. C. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Harnois, G. R. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Harp, A. E. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Helm, K. M. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Henderson, T. J. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Herrmann, J. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Higgs, D. G. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Inzetta, C. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Jones, W. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Kallenbach, M. W. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Kindlund, N. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Klatt, G. L. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Kleider, D. F. 4,867.33Pens. (I.O.) Kurylo, D. J. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Langdon, D. A. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Lerman, D. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Maloney, J. R. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Meigs, S. H. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Nielsen, J. H. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Oster, E. C. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Patterson, R. F. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Peters, F. D. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Ranzenberger, G. F. 2,400.00Pens. (I.O.) Raymond, F. F. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Recor, R. D. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Reeves, N. E. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Schimpf, J. R. 5,284.96Pens. (I.O.) Sibley Jr., H. G. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Smith, C. E. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Smith, J. T. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Snyder, O. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Stanka, V. R. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Stillman, T. G. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Stutesman, J. E. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Syring, H. E. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Szirotnyak, J. G. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Terry, J. R. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Thams, D. S. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Tikotsky, H. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Walls, P. S. 4,208.80Pens. (I.O.) Warner, S. W. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Watts Jr., F. S. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Welter, R. B. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Wetherell, B. A. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Williams, B. J. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Wolf, A. E. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Wood, J. G. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Yost, P. A. 3,000.00Total Amount . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,892,367.76



3 Grant, W. G. 6,250.003 Gribbin III, J. D. 6,250.003 Herdt, T. J. 6,250.003 Hershaft, R. N. 6,250.003 Lowe, W. E. 6,250.003 Montanaro, M. V. 12,500.003 Segarra, A. 12,500.0011 Gallegos, R. T. 6,250.0011 Mears, A. J. 6,250.0011 Sawicki, A. H. 6,250.0011 Terp, P. M. 6,250.0020 Piecek, C..J. 6,250.0026 Turner, D. A. 12,500.0038 Bailey, J. R. 6,250.0043 Wheeler, R. J. 6,250.0055 Miller, C. L. 12,500.0077 Merriman, D. 6,250.0080 McGrath, R. 6,250.0098 McMullan, G. K. 6,250.00102 Hafner, H. 6,250.00103 Pecoraro, W. D. 10,000.00103 Rothberg, B. G. 1,250.00103 Teixeira, J. J. 6,250.00110 Olson, G. L. 6,250.00110 Tschida, V. R. 6,250.00113 McKee, S. M. 6,250.00130 Thomas, S. 6,250.00134 Chachor, M. 6,250.00164 Gausditis Jr, J. G. 6,250.00164 Hutchison, R. J. 6,250.00186 Verkler, J. R. 6,250.00212 Spears, J. S. 10,000.00212 Swanson, W. D. 10,000.00222 Kennedy, K. L. 6,250.00230 Wilcox, R. D. 10,000.00258 Plowe, F. L. 6,250.00292 Demarest Bry, R. D. 6,250.00302 Hoy, A. E. 6,250.00304 Calkins, L. R. 6,250.00332 Cervantes, L. 12,500.00340 Feaster, T. B. 12,500.00349 Hampton, R. 6,250.00353 Muir, J. 6,250.00359 Finnell, A. N. 6,250.00363 Welsh, P. A. 6,250.00424 Chatschaturi, G. 6,250.00424 Coyle, D. R. 6,250.00424 Dawson, R. A. 6,250.00449 Sheppard, M. J. 12,500.00456 Posner, R. S. 6,250.00474 Hunt, S. A. 6,250.00479 Hamilton, C. M. 6,250.00479 Ortiz, J. A. 4,166.67494 Zaffke, T. C. 6,250.00498 Crawford Jr., K. E. 6,250.00520 Weirich, L. 6,250.00531 Muckway Jr., R. J. 6,250.00545 Snyder, R. L. 6,250.00613 Brown, A. 6,250.00625 Porter, J. R. 6,250.00666 McGhee, R. L. 6,250.00676 Howell, K. V. 6,250.00692 Fosgitt, K. M. 6,250.00701 Stewart, G. A. 6,250.00702 Herren, G. R. 12,500.00702 Miller Jr., J. D. 3,125.00

716 Rodgers, J. S. 6,250.00728 Moerner, D. R. 12,500.00768 Hewitt, R. O. 6,250.00876 Lajoie, D. G. 12,500.00876 Russell, W. A. 6,250.001141 Allen, C. D. 12,500.001141 Rupe, S. D. 12,500.001260 Castro, R. Q. 6,250.001289 McCartney, R. J. 6,250.002113 Hensley, J. L. 6,250.00

I.O. (134) Baker, M. A. 6,250.00I.O. (134) Dutenhaver, G. M. 6,250.00I.O. (134) Perham, J. C. 6,250.00I.O. (424) Michalko, R. P. 5,000.00I.O. (452) Modrell, M. D. 6,250.00I.O. (595) Hicks, R. L. 5,000.00Pens. (1) Cunningham, J. J. 3,000.00Pens. (1) Dierkes, B. E. 3,000.00Pens. (1) Erlinger, R. L. 3,000.00Pens. (1) Fisele, J. J. 3,000.00Pens. (1) Kallemeier, W. F. 3,000.00Pens. (1) Lanemann, V. W. 3,000.00Pens. (2) Haverstick, W. P. 3,000.00Pens. (3) Battista, N. 3,000.00Pens. (3) Carlucci, F. 3,000.00Pens. (3) Chickvary, S. J. 3,000.00Pens. (3) Chircop, E. E. 3,000.00Pens. (3) Coone, F. L. 3,000.00Pens. (3) Fortner, G. 3,000.00Pens. (3) Kelley, D. D. 2,263.50Pens. (3) Klein, E. L. 3,000.00Pens. (3) Marini, D..J. 5,633.68Pens. (3) Nowak, P. P. 3,000.00Pens. (3) Penna, R. L. 3,000.00Pens. (3) Salmieri, F. 3,000.00Pens. (3) Sestito, D. 3,000.00Pens. (3) Smith Jr., R. M. 3,000.00Pens. (5) Frank, B. H. 3,000.00Pens. (5) Hanula, L. J. 3,000.00Pens. (5) Kirsch, W. H. 3,000.00Pens. (6) Hughes, J. W. 3,000.00Pens. (6) Ticzon Jr., D. R. 4,060.56Pens. (8) Fafard, G. 4,126.00Pens. (8) Sampsell, R. A. 3,000.00Pens. (9) Conet, G. 3,000.00Pens. (9) Hessing, P. J. 3,000.00Pens. (9) Nesbit, J. 3,000.00Pens. (11) Falstrom, C. 3,000.00Pens. (11) Gibson, D. E. 3,000.00Pens. (11) Harrison, T. 3,000.00Pens. (11) Lander, A. L. 3,000.00Pens. (11) Rios, A. J. 3,000.00Pens. (11) Struhs, E. R. 3,000.00Pens. (11) Weitzman, D. 3,000.00Pens. (16) Vaughn, J. L. 5,515.50Pens. (17) Gottsleben, G. N. 3,000.00Pens. (17) Pitt, W. G. 3,000.00Pens. (17) Richardson, C. 3,000.00Pens. (17) Wencley, E. 3,000.00Pens. (18) Johnson Jr., C. L. 5,976.94Pens. (18) Lowder, R. 3,000.00Pens. (18) Scheidecker, J. 3,000.00Pens. (18) Warren, J. H. 3,000.00Pens. (19) Murphy, D. F. 3,000.00Pens. (22) Botos, S. J. 3,000.00Pens. (24) Lutz, E. W. 3,000.00

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Pens. (258) Austin, D. S. 6,145.45Pens. (258) Truax, G. G. 3,000.00Pens. (266) Cheves, H. M. 3,000.00Pens. (266) Proctor, W. V. 3,000.00Pens. (269) Flegal, R. A. 3,000.00Pens. (269) McTamney, G. J. 3,449.20Pens. (278) Heidorn, R. L. 3,000.00Pens. (280) Boldt, G. E. 3,000.00Pens. (291) Martin, E. R. 3,000.00Pens. (292) Cook, V. W. 3,000.00Pens. (292) Gorman, D. M. 3,000.00Pens. (292) Hedin, A. E. 3,000.00Pens. (292) Sheeran, E. D. 3,000.00Pens. (294) Lignell, R. E. 3,000.00Pens. (300) Charron, B. L. 3,000.00Pens. (300) Douglas, F. M. 3,000.00Pens. (302) Green, J. K. 3,000.00Pens. (302) Pacheco, S. L. 3,000.00Pens. (306) Blauch, D. C. 3,000.00Pens. (306) DeGeorge, A. D. 3,000.00Pens. (308) Ingram, J. V. 3,000.00Pens. (309) Bowers, H. D. 3,000.00Pens. (309) Bucher, E. A. 3,000.00Pens. (309) Loos, R. W. 3,000.00Pens. (309) Slifka, S. A. 3,000.00Pens. (309) Smith, F. A. 3,000.00Pens. (309) Tarr, J. S. 3,000.00Pens. (309) Tarr Jr., R. W. 3,000.00Pens. (312) Everhart, D. L. 3,000.00Pens. (313) Rinaldi, F. J. 3,000.00Pens. (322) Branson, J. D. 2,400.00Pens. (323) Dickins, E. H. 3,000.00Pens. (323) Scurry, R. J. 3,000.00Pens. (326) Fuller, W. N. 3,000.00Pens. (329) Hawthorne, H. S. 3,000.00Pens. (332) Merritt, A. J. 3,000.00Pens. (340) Griffin, K. M. 3,000.00Pens. (340) Jacobson, A. W. 3,000.00Pens. (343) Wilson, M. R. 3,000.00Pens. (347) Satterlee, R. 3,000.00Pens. (349) Gerster, E. F. 3,000.00Pens. (349) Kosiba, R. T. 3,000.00Pens. (349) Wise Jr., R. H. 3,000.00Pens. (353) Chappel, O. C. 3,000.00Pens. (353) MacIntosh, R. 3,000.00Pens. (353) Wright, J. 3,000.00Pens. (353) Young, R. A. 3,000.00Pens. (357) Allen, W. 3,000.00Pens. (357) Brundy, D. A. 3,000.00Pens. (358) Martiak, S. 3,000.00Pens. (362) Fellows, G. E. 3,000.00Pens. (363) Davidson, G. R. 3,000.00Pens. (363) Fitzpatrick, W. J. 5,163.00Pens. (364) Bertling, G. G. 3,000.00Pens. (367) Marx, H. E. 3,000.00Pens. (369) Kinsella, J. M. 3,000.00Pens. (369) Reeve Jr., G. M. 2,400.00Pens. (369) Ruppert, R. B. 3,000.00Pens. (369) Watson, R. S. 3,789.00Pens. (382) Gleaton, E. M. 3,000.00Pens. (387) Hicks, J. K. 3,000.00Pens. (390) Ainsworth Jr, A. E. 3,000.00Pens. (390) Cooke, G. E. 3,000.00Pens. (398) Arthur, J. L. 2,400.00Pens. (405) Loukota, L. J. 3,800.08Pens. (424) Moland, A. 3,000.00Pens. (429) Harrell, R. I. 3,000.00Pens. (429) Powell, V. E. 2,400.00Pens. (429) Tramel, J. S. 3,000.00Pens. (429) Wingfield, C. G. 3,000.00Pens. (438) Fitch, C. W. 3,000.00Pens. (438) Flewelling, T. G. 3,000.00Pens. (438) Sullivan, W. T. 3,000.00Pens. (440) Leithold Jr., A. A. 3,000.00Pens. (441) Holsclaw, J. L. 3,000.00Pens. (441) Lattin, W. F. 3,000.00

Pens. (460) Adams, C. E. 3,000.00Pens. (460) Altum, M. J. 3,000.00Pens. (460) Neel, J. B. 3,000.00Pens. (474) Riggs, B. G. 5,346.00Pens. (477) Morley, D. J. 3,000.00Pens. (478) Goss, G. J. 3,000.00Pens. (479) Jacobson, A. M. 3,000.00Pens. (480) Kuykendall, J. 5,950.00Pens. (481) Cody, D. L. 3,000.00Pens. (481) Morris, R. F. 3,000.00Pens. (494) Bernhardt, L. 3,000.00Pens. (494) Longrie, O. I. 3,000.00Pens. (494) Sweet, R. E. 3,000.00Pens. (499) Bollenbaugh, W. W. 3,000.00Pens. (499) Ginger, D. D. 3,000.00Pens. (499) Marturello, J. G. 3,000.00Pens. (499) Squier, E. V. 3,000.00Pens. (502) Porter, H. A. 3,464.89Pens. (505) Brown, F. E. 5,719.12Pens. (505) Parish Sr., C. E. 3,000.00Pens. (508) Coburn, A. A. 3,000.00Pens. (527) Kern, R. M. 3,000.00Pens. (527) Spears Jr., S. C. 3,000.00Pens. (531) Pizark, A. P. 3,000.00Pens. (531) Will, J. A. 3,000.00Pens. (536) Myron, M. S. 3,000.00Pens. (551) Shubeck, W. N. 3,000.00Pens. (558) Broadway, J. R. 3,000.00Pens. (558) Campbell, J. M. 3,000.00Pens. (558) Dill, E. F. 3,000.00Pens. (559) Saddington, E. W. 3,000.00Pens. (569) Brooks, A. J. 3,000.00Pens. (569) Lockmann, R. 3,000.00Pens. (569) Mc Mullen, C. V. 3,000.00Pens. (569) Noland, H. L. 3,000.00Pens. (569) Roach, T. W. 3,000.00Pens. (570) Boak, C. J. 3,000.00Pens. (570) Kelly, J. A. 3,000.00Pens. (574) Chopp, F. V. 2,400.00Pens. (588) Skianes, G. 3,000.00Pens. (595) Vejby, F. L. 3,000.00Pens. (601) Cox, D. R. 3,000.00Pens. (601) Petri, H. A. 3,000.00Pens. (607) Walburn, T. D. 3,000.00Pens. (611) Boles, D. P. 3,000.00Pens. (611) Traylor, E. J. 3,000.00Pens. (611) Wilcut Jr., J. E. 3,000.00Pens. (613) Cato, W. J. 3,000.00Pens. (613) Crooke, R. H. 3,000.00Pens. (613) Estes, J. E. 3,000.00Pens. (613) Hobbs, M. A. 3,000.00Pens. (613) Samples, W. E. 3,000.00Pens. (613) Segars, H. M. 3,000.00Pens. (613) Talley, J. R. 3,000.00Pens. (613) Wiley, J. 2,400.00Pens. (617) Hicks, H. 3,000.00Pens. (617) Olson, G. P. 3,000.00Pens. (617) Wolf, J. M. 3,000.00Pens. (618) Tyler Jr., C. C. 3,000.00Pens. (623) Dunks, A. C. 3,000.00Pens. (629) Lirette, R. A. 3,000.00Pens. (631) Jenerose, T. J. 3,000.00Pens. (640) Gregg, T. J. 3,000.00Pens. (648) Hubbard, Q. R. 3,000.00Pens. (663) Bloom, G. 3,000.00Pens. (676) Rollo, M. F. 3,000.00Pens. (681) Hibbs, W. R. 3,000.00Pens. (689) Marinangeli, A. J. 3,000.00Pens. (696) Cunningham, W. H. 3,000.00Pens. (697) Ornelas, D. A. 3,000.00Pens. (697) Walker, J. 3,025.70Pens. (700) Dressendorfe, H. A. 3,000.00Pens. (700) Meyer, V. 3,000.00Pens. (702) Butler, D. G. 3,000.00Pens. (702) French, M. E. 3,000.00Pens. (702) Gardner, W. H. 3,000.00

Pens. (702) Minton Jr., L. B. 3,000.00Pens. (713) Novotny, W. 3,000.00Pens. (714) Mikkelson, A. L. 3,000.00Pens. (716) Cochran Jr., J. 3,000.00Pens. (716) Simmons, C. 3,000.00Pens. (725) Buzan, D. W. 3,000.00Pens. (728) Larkin, D. A. 3,000.00Pens. (731) Carpenter, D. A. 3,000.00Pens. (744) Clark, C. M. 3,000.00Pens. (750) Griggs, C. L. 3,000.00Pens. (768) Tingle, E. H. 3,000.00Pens. (769) Huston, S. D. 3,000.00Pens. (770) Beach, B. 3,000.00Pens. (776) Benton, J. G. 2,400.00Pens. (776) Loving, W. E. 4,824.07Pens. (810) Coughenour, A. M. 3,000.00Pens. (814) Vansel, A. 3,000.00Pens. (816) Davis, T. O. 3,000.00Pens. (817) Hynes Jr., G. V. 3,000.00Pens. (835) Franks, B. E. 3,000.00Pens. (846) Beene, L. R. 3,000.00Pens. (852) Plaxico, G. B. 3,000.00Pens. (852) White, L. D. 3,000.00Pens. (872) Dailey, B. G. 3,000.00Pens. (876) Wils, B. A. 3,000.00Pens. (894) Ireton, M. C. 4,807.00Pens. (901) Doucet, H. M. 3,000.00Pens. (912) Boben, E. A. 3,000.00Pens. (915) Johnston, C. H. 3,000.00Pens. (917) Jones, H. T. 3,000.00Pens. (917) Stuart, J. H. 3,000.00Pens. (920) Turner, J. E. 3,000.00Pens. (942) Withers, H. C. 3,000.00Pens. (946) Liwicki, L. L. 3,000.00Pens. (948) Papenfuss, D. E. 3,000.00Pens. (949) Snesrud, W. R. 3,000.00Pens. (953) McClintock, C. W. 3,000.00Pens. (953) Thorson, A. I. 3,000.00Pens. (968) Dotson, J. J. 3,000.00Pens. (969) McAllister, R. D. 3,000.00Pens. (969) Parker, M. E. 5,814.00Pens. (969) Williams, D. L. 3,000.00Pens. (972) Gadd, C. R. 3,000.00Pens. (972) Perry, T. H. 3,000.00Pens. (995) Grayson, E. R. 3,000.00Pens. (995) Hoover, A. P. 3,000.00Pens. (1002) Watkins, K. D. 5,028.00Pens. (1003) Mast, A. 3,000.00Pens. (1049) Kapfer, L. G. 3,000.00Pens. (1076) Madacki, J. 3,000.00Pens. (1141) Pennington, O. O. 3,000.00Pens. (1141) Wilson, L. W. 3,000.00Pens. (1186) Clemente, A. V. 3,000.00Pens. (1186) Moriyama, H. S. 3,000.00Pens. (1186) Reyes, J. 2,400.00Pens. (1190) Stein, G. R. 3,000.00Pens. (1194) Heltzel, D. E. 3,000.00Pens. (1200) Gustafson, G. E. 2,400.00Pens. (1205) Greene, S. L. 3,000.00Pens. (1205) Hollesh, J. C. 3,000.00Pens. (1208) Dasher, L. B. 2,400.00Pens. (1245) Fridley, V. A. 3,000.00Pens. (1245) Ramage, S. 3,000.00Pens. (1245) Riley, T. D. 3,000.00Pens. (1249) Beatty, J. L. 3,000.00Pens. (1250) Abeln, L. G. 3,000.00Pens. (1250) May, J. F. 3,000.00Pens. (1260) Kaaukai, L. L. 3,000.00Pens. (1316) Davis, W. L. 3,260.80Pens. (1339) Kubiak, T. E. 3,000.00Pens. (1340) Freeze, M. J. 3,000.00Pens. (1393) Faith, H. J. 3,000.00Pens. (1412) Kelley, C. 3,000.00Pens. (1426) Kvebak, P. O. 3,000.00Pens. (1439) Harttung, R. D. 3,000.00Pens. (1455) Middleton, G. B. 4,292.50

Pens. (1470) Dudek, F. J. 3,000.00Pens. (1499) Grana, J. 3,000.00Pens. (1501) Arnold, F. J. 3,000.00Pens. (1515) Hutchins, E. L. 3,000.00Pens. (1527) Moore, A. H. 3,000.00Pens. (1531) Buffington, D. D. 3,005.59Pens. (1547) Deveau, P. M. 3,000.00Pens. (1579) Denton, G. E. 3,000.00Pens. (1579) Gulledge, L. W. 3,000.00Pens. (1673) Pernal, H. J. 3,000.00Pens. (1823) Moyer, R. H. 2,400.00Pens. (1934) Bailey, J. T. 3,000.00Pens. (2072) Cooper, H. S. 3,000.00Pens. (2253) Kenny, T. 3,000.00Pens. (2295) Metivier, E. C. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Aitken Jr., J. C. 2,400.00Pens. (I.O.) Barnett, L. B. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Bealey Jr., S. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Bensenberg, V. A. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Black, R. E. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Briggs, R. L. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Burbridge, F. S. 2,400.00Pens. (I.O.) Craigie, K. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Curran, E. J. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Dykes, D. F. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Enberg, R. G. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Farr, W. J. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Fleming Sr., W. J. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Genkos, F. C. 5,521.86Pens. (I.O.) Goukler, R. M. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Grimshaw, S. R. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Guernsey, R. T. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Gurka, J. M. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Halpin, V. W. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Handy, W. A. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Haverkamp, W. H. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Helton, R. D. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Henry, P. G. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Herron, R. R. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Houser, R. N. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Howell, F. A. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Hughes, P. G. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Jacobson, T. H. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Johnson, M. N. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Jones, R. V. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Kaplan, A. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) King, D. E. 3,286.00Pens. (I.O.) Lamberson, C. L. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Leach, C. J. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Lokken, J. R. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Lupo, V. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Marll, M. E. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) McClure, F. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Mock, G. F. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Moses, N. R. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Novick Jr., S. D. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Peterson, A. F. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Plake, E. V. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Polley, W. D. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Rosello Jr., H. T. 5,101.72Pens. (I.O.) Rushton, A. A. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Schuller, D. A. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Scornaienchi, J. W. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Speights, C. H. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Stevens, D. A. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Stewart, R. E. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Taylor, J. W. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Thomas, A. W. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Twitty, C. F. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Ubhoff, R. P. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Uremovic, D. A. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Warden, A. J. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Wasserman, E. A. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Whittington, C. E. 3,000.00Total Amount . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,081,843.23



MINUTES AND REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING

This regular meeting of the International ExecutiveCouncil was called to order by Chairman Foster at8:00 a.m., Wednesday, May 29, 2002. Other membersof the Council in attendance were Carrinho, Lavin,Chilia, Plott, Turner, Querry, and McCafferty. JohnCole was excused due to other business of theBrotherhood.

INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT HILLInternational President Edwin D. Hill met with the

International Executive Council a number of times todiscuss a variety of matters affecting all branches ofthe Brotherhood.

INTERNATIONAL SECRETARY-TREASURERO’CONNOR

International Secretary-Treasurer Jerry J. O’Connorpresented financial reports covering the IBEW PensionFund and the Investment portfolio of the Brotherhood—both in Canada and the United States.

LEGAL DEFENSEPayments for legal defense made from the General

Fund were examined and approved in accordancewith the requirements of Article X, Section 1, of theIBEW Constitution.

FINANCIAL REPORTSThe International Secretary-Treasurer’s reports for

the various funds of the Brotherhood were presentedto the IEC, examined and filed.

PBF TRUSTEESThe International Executive Council sitting as the

Trustees, along with the International President andInternational Secretary-Treasurer of the IBEW PensionBenefit Fund, reviewed Fund investments and relatedmatters.

INVESTMENTSThe report of the fund investment action by the

International President and International Secretary-Treasurer since the last Council meeting was present-ed to the IEC, examined and approved.

LOCAL UNION UNDER SUPERVISIONInternational President Edwin D. Hill advised the

International Executive Council that Local Union 1788,Toronto, Ontario, Canada, was released from trustee-ship effective March 1, 2002.

RETIREMENT OF INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES

Approval was granted by the IEC to the followingrequesting retirement:

Louis Cortopassi, Jr.—effective May 1, 2002(International Representative—IBEW NinthDistrict)

Jon Henrich—effective July 1, 2002(International Representative—IBEW Third District)

RETIREMENT OF SENIOR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT

Vincent A. O’Reilly—effective June 1, 2002

RETIREMENT OF INTERNATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT

Orville A. Tate, Jr., International Vice President,IBEW Seventh District, was placed on retirementeffective June 1, 2002.

APPOINTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT

International President Edwin D. Hill appointedJonathan Gardner to replace Orville A. Tate, Jr., asInternational Vice President of the Seventh District,effective May 1, 2002. By telephone conference and atthe May meeting of the International ExecutiveCouncil, the IEC approved the appointment.

RETIREMENT OF INTERNATIONAL OFFICE EMPLOYEES

Approval was granted by the IEC to the follow-ing I.O. employees requesting retirement:

Henry Cooper—effective April 1, 2002(IO Employee—Computer Services Department)

Ethel M. Haker—effective April 1, 2002(IO Employee—Supervisor—Per CapitaDepartment)

Robert D. Hazel—effective April 1, 2002(IO Employee—Supervisor—ReprographicsServices Department)

Jane Bryden—effective June 1, 2002(IO Employee—Secretary—Construction andMaintenance Department)

VESTED PENSIONSThe IEC granted the following vested pensions:

Mary Jane Silvernale(Office Employee—IBEW Ninth District)

W. Juan Lacey(Supervisor—Records Management Department)

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CITYUpon recommendation to the Council by

International President Hill and InternationalSecretary-Treasurer O’Connor, and the authority ofArticle II, Section 1, of the IBEW Constitution, the IEChas determined that the next International Conventionshall be held in Cleveland, Ohio, September 11, 2006,through September 15, 2006.

APPEAL OF THOMAS A. BERTUCCISYSTEM COUNCIL #10

On August 23, 2000, Brother Steven P. Ramirez,General Chairman, System Council #10, notifiedBrother Thomas A. Bertucci, Vice Chairman ofRailroad System Council #10, that results of an auditperformed on the books of Railroad System Council#10 revealed a lack of proper authorization and/ordocumentation of monies of System Council #10 spentby Brother Bertucci through the usage of SystemCouncil #10’s credit cards. Brother Bertucci wasinstructed to timely provide proper documentation tosupport his utilization of these funds.

On September 29, 2000, a follow-up letter was sentto Brother Bertucci expressing concern for his resis-tance to comply with the request of International VicePresident Carl Lansden.

As a result of receipt of this September 29, 2000,letter, International Vice President Lansden, onOctober 2, 2000, by letter, assigned InternationalRepresentative James D. Denton to assist SystemCouncil #10 in investigating the disposition of SystemCouncil #10 funds as pertaining to the proper autho-rization and documentation of monies utilized byBrother Bertucci.

On November 7, 2000, International Vice PresidentLansden notified System Council #10’s ChairmanRamirez of his direction from then-InternationalPresident Barry to conduct an investigative audit ofthe books of System Council #10. Chairman Ramirezwas further notified that the firm of Underwood andWilkey, Certified Public Accountants of Chattanooga,Tennessee, had been contracted to conduct the inves-tigative audit. International Vice President Lansdenfurther asked for the full assistance from all SystemCouncil #10’s affiliated personnel in this investigativeaudit.

By letter dated December 18, 2000, Mr. K. H.Underwood advised International Vice PresidentLansden that upon the firm’s initial investigation, theyhad determined that there was evidence of misappro-priation of monies by Brother Bertucci.

On January 16, 2001, International Vice PresidentLansden notified International Representative EugeneRuff that Brother Bertucci had been removed fromoffice pending a show-cause hearing to whichInternational Representative Ruff was assigned to produce the records. Brother Bertucci was notified ofthis decision and the matter in which it would beconducted.

Subsequently, dates were set, which were notacceptable to Brother Bertucci.

Finally on May 2-4, 2001, a show-cause hearing

was conducted in Memphis, Tennessee. On August 20,2001, Brother Bertucci met with International VicePresident Lansden to give any supporting evidence tosupport his position before a final decision wasreached.

On October 24, 2001, International Vice PresidentLansden notified Brother Bertucci of his decision. Thefinal decision stated as “it relates to the misuse ofSystem Council #10 funds, Thomas A. Bertucci isguilty of misuse of System Council #10 funds in theamount of $83,009.82. Thomas A. Bertucci is directedto repay all monies misused ($83,009.82) within 90days. Furthermore, Thomas A. Bertucci is to return allitems assigned to him by System Council #10, or pur-chased by him with System Council #10’s monieswithin 60 days.”

Subsequently, Brother Bertucci appealed toInternational President Hill for a 90-day extension toallow presentation of his appeal. On December 7,2001, International President Hill granted the requestto expire on January 22, 2002. On January 21, 2002,Brother Bertucci again requested an extension of 30days. He assured President Hill that his accountantand legal counsel would be prepared to present hisdocumentation within this time.

President Hill granted this additional request withthe reminder that all documentation must be receivedin his office by the close of business on February 25,2002.

Brother Bertucci failed to meet this deadline anddid not correspond with President Hill until March 13,2002. This was received by Express Mail in a letterdated February 25, 2002, when he again sought anextension. After review of the information and withinthe requirements of the IBEW Constitution, ArticleXXV, President Hill refused to accept this appeal asuntimely.

It is the conclusion of the International ExecutiveCouncil that Thomas A. Bertucci has exhibited a con-stant delaying tactic pattern throughout this process.Every courtesy was extended to him in allowing himto vindicate himself of the charges, but he refused tocooperate by responding timely with the restrictionsof the IBEW Constitution, Article XXV.

After careful review of all the documents present-ed, the International Executive Council, by unanimousvote, denies the appeal of Brother Bertucci.

Therefore, the appeal is denied.

APPEAL OF PAUL N. MATTINGLYBrother Mattingly, a member of Local Union 2021,

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, alleges that Local Union2021 President Troy Johnson did not follow parlia-mentary procedure during a specially-called ratifica-tion meeting on September 22, 2001.

Then-International Vice President Orville Tate,directed International Representative Glenn Nunn toinvestigate the situation. This is not a charge filed byBrother Mattingly, but a grievance filed involving“Robert’s Rules of Order.” The documents show that aspecial meeting in November 2001, was held, atwhich time, the ratification vote was again in favor ofthe contract proposal.

After a complete review of all the documents pre-sented, the International Executive Council finds thatthe appeal is without merit.

Therefore, the appeal is denied.This regular meeting of the International Executive

Council was held in Baltimore, Maryland. The meetingadjourned Friday, May 31, 2002.

THE NEXT REGULAR MEETINGThe next regular meeting will commence at 8:00

a.m., Monday, September 9, 2002, in Washington, D.C.

FOR THE INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

Joseph A. McCafferty, SecretaryInternational Executive Council

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING

Note: The IEC acted on numerous applications dealingwith pensions under the IBEW Pension Benefit Fund.For a complete listing, please contact the InternationalSecretary-Treasurer’s Office, 1125 15th Street, N.W.,Washington, D. C. 20005.

support for its cause of saving union jobs by focusing more onthe big picture of providing service where it is needed insteadof expecting the public to feel sorry for another lost unionjob.

Mike Machart

Local 758 member, Glasgow, Montana

BROTHERHOOD

I came across this assignment paper given by the sixth-gradeteacher Ms. Dabe, while working in the Selden Middle Schoolin Selden, Long Island.

I felt Amanda Grasman’s thoughts about brotherhood wereworth noting. I think we can all learn from this young student’sideals.

A. J. McAteer

Local 25 member, Long Island, New York

More Than Ever

I enjoy the IBEW Journal immensely. The knowledgereceived of our brothers throughout the country and beyond ismore essential today than ever.

Knowledge is one element needed to have a strong union. Ibelieve in advertising to promote our union and solidarity.

I would like to see the companies that display our logo

declare that their product is American made, and is assembledin the United States of America.

Our logo is unionism and solidarity with all people, not withunfair companies that exploit people in other countries. Wehave no control of this, except by way of a boycott of theirproducts.

Thomas Malek

Local 38 member, Cleveland, Ohio

Support for Scouts’ Position

I was quite disappointed to read my March 2002 Journal. Iwould have liked it if you would have provided an explanationto Frank W. Golembieski’s letter regarding Boy Scouts of America.

If the union supports something, it should stand up for it andnot be ashamed of it. I would like to quote a small portion of theunion Preamble: “To seek security for the individual; and, bylegal and proper means, to elevate the moral, intellectual, andsocial conditions of our members, their families and dependents.”

I don’t see anything here about gay rights. I fully supportthe BSA governing board in their choice to not allow gays inthe BSA.

John Beck, Jr.

Local 400 member, Asbury Park, New Jersey

Guns or Butter

It really puzzles my household when supposedly “unionbrothers” such as Robert J. Rocchio and Robert J. Anderson sup-port organized labor's No. 1 enemy, the Republican Party. Iwonder if they were members of the IBEW when the labormarket was nearly destroyed during the reign of the “TeflonPrez,” Ronnie Reagan? I'm retired now and attitudes such asthose expressed by these brothers leave me concerned aboutthe future of the IBEW and any other union as well. I hope thatthese guys are pleased and happy with the C-average studentwho despises organized labor and who was selected to be thepresident of the USA by the U.S. Supreme Court. If Ashcroft,Ridge and Cheney get their agendas through and in place, Ihope that ALL the union brothers who supported the GOPremember that they helped put in place the men whose onlydesire is a self-serving desire. It's not too late to rectify the situ-ation—2004 elections will be here soon. Then we can kickthese thugs out of office.

Charles W. Russell

Local 613 retiree, Atlanta, Georgia

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R Respect for yourself and others.

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T Trying hard to make others feel comfortable.

H Helping others in need.

E Equality between different groups and races.

R Righteous and peaceful personality.

H Hatred is the opposite of “Brotherhood.”

O Observing other people’s feelings when they aren’t feeling r

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Postmarked or accepted by thesecond Wednesday precedingelection or completed in the localvoter registration office 1 daybefore the election; or completed atthe polling place on Election Day.

Source: National Conference of State Legislatures

Can register up to the day of theelection at the county clerks’s office.Same day registration is available atthe polling place.

Source: Wyoming Secretary of State—Elections Division

North Dakota is the only state inthe nation without some form ofvoter registration.

Source: North Dakota Secretary of State—Elections Division

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